The sustained reduction of youth suicidal behavior in an urban, multicultural School district

School Psychology Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-199

  Zenere, Frank J ^a   Lazarus, Philip J ^b  

^a Miami Dade County   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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