Correlates of suicide risk among secondary school students in Cape Town

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-502

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,e   Kleintjes, Sharon ^b   Van Wyk, Brian ^c   Thompson, Elaine A ^d   Mashego, Teresa Ann B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Correlates; Secondary schools; South Africa; Students; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049118622     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.4.493     Document Type: Article

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