Rates of lifetime suicide attempt and rates of lifetime major depression in different ethnic groups in the United States

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 446-451

  Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Lizardi, D ^a   Greenwald, S ^a   Weissman, M M ^a   Mann, J J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Major depressive disorder; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CUBAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CATCHMENT AREA STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HISPANIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444286428     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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