Latino and latina adolescents' help-seeking behaviors and attitudes regarding suicide compared to peers with recent suicidal ideation

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 577-587

  De Luca, Susan ^a   Schmeelk Cone, Karen ^b   Wyman, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 84943453769     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12152     Document Type: Article

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