Understanding suicidality and correlates among Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong

Health Promotion International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-165

  Lee, A ^a,b   Wong, S Y S ^b   Tsang, K K ^c   Ho, G S M ^b   Wong, C W ^d   Cheng, F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Community and Family Medicine ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese Secondary school students; Risk factors; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HONG KONG; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 67549143966     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap011     Document Type: Article

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