Suicide risk in Latino and Latina adolescents

Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 81-115

  Duarté Vélez, Yovanska M ^b   Bernal, Guillermo ^a  

^a University of Puerto Rico UPR   (United States)

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EID: 77954548768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938195     Document Type: Chapter

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