Recruiting urban latina adolescents and their families: Challenges and lessons learned in suicide attempts research

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-602

  Zayas, Luis H ^a,b   Hausmann Stabile, Carolina ^a   Pilat, Allyson M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent suicide attempts; Field methods; Subject recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149084673     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X08328590     Document Type: Article

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