Age-related racial disparity in suicide rates among US youths from 2001 through 2015

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 697-699

  Bridge, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Horowitz, Lisa M ^c   Fontanella, Cynthia A ^a   Sheftall, Arielle H ^b   Greenhouse, Joel ^d   Kelleher, Kelly J ^a,b   Campo, John V ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85049524012     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0399     Document Type: Letter

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