Suicide and suicide attempts in children and adolescents in the child welfare system

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1977-1981

  Katz, Laurence Y ^a   Au, Wendy ^b   Singal, Deepa ^b   Brownell, Marni ^b   Roos, Noralou ^b   Martens, Patricia J ^b   Chateau, Dan ^b   Enns, Murray W ^a   Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^b,c   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 81855206495     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110749     Document Type: Article

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