Immigration and suicidal behavior among Mexicans and Mexican Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 728-733

  Borges, Guilherme ^a,b,e   Breslau, Joshua ^c   Su, Maxwell ^c   Miller, Matthew ^d   Medina Mora, Maria Elena ^a   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149192242     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.135160     Document Type: Article

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