Suicidality among high school students in Hong Kong, SAR

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-297

  Yip, Paul S F ^a   Liu, K Y ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Chen, Eric ^c   Fan, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Family Planning Association of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 5044226799     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.34.3.284.42772     Document Type: Article

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