Suicidal ideation and attempts among sexual minority youths receiving social services

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Walls, N Eugene ^a   Freedenthal, Stacey ^a   Wisneski, Hope ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b The Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Gay straight alliance; Lesbian; Suicide; Youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349091914     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.1.21     Document Type: Article

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