Suicide attempts among indigenous Sami adolescents and majority peers in Arctic Norway: Prevalence and associated risk factors

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-626

  Silviken, Anne ^a   Kvernmo, Siv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ethnicity; Indigenous Sami; Risk factors; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34347383957     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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