The Association Between Racial Discrimination and Suicidality among African-American Adolescents and Young Adults

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 584-595

  Arshanapally, Suraj ^a   Werner, Kimberly B ^b   Sartor, Carolyn E ^c   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; African Americans; racial discrimination; suicidality; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053017146     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2017.1387207     Document Type: Article

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