Perception of suicidal attempts among college students in Malaysia

Asian Social Science

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 30-41

  Tam, Cai Lian ^a   Lee, Teck Heang ^a   Har, Wai Mun ^b   Chan, Li Chuin ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Suicidal attempts; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863292549     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v7n7p30     Document Type: Article

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