Youth who neither study nor work: Mental health, education and employment

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-417

  Benjet, C ^a   Hernandez Montoya D ^b   Borges, G ^c   Mendez E ^d   Medina Mora, M E ^a   Aguilar Gaxiola, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent psychiatry; Employment; Mexico; Student dropout; Substance related disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865516905     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342012000400011     Document Type: Article

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