Ecstasy use and suicidal behavior among adolescents: Findings from a national survey

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-444

  Kim, Jueun ^a   Fan, Bin ^b   Liu, Xinhua ^c   Kerner, Nancy ^a   Wu, Ping ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051512890     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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