Rate, relative risk, and method of suicide by students at 4-year colleges and universities in the United States, 2004-2005 through 2008-2009

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-371

  Schwartz, Allan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051542329     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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