Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 335-341 , April 2009

Adolescent Alcohol Use, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts

  • Elizabeth A. Schilling, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
    • Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, East Hartford, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elizabeth A. Schilling, Ph.D. or Robert H. Aseltine, Jr., Ph.D., Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, 99 Ash Street, MC 7160, East Hartford, CT 06108.
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  • Robert H. Aseltine Jr., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
    • Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, East Hartford, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elizabeth A. Schilling, Ph.D. or Robert H. Aseltine, Jr., Ph.D., Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, 99 Ash Street, MC 7160, East Hartford, CT 06108.
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  • Jaime L. Glanovsky, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, East Hartford, Connecticut
    • Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
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  • Amy James

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
    • Institute for Public Health Research, University of Connecticut Health Center, East Hartford, Connecticut
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  • Douglas Jacobs, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Screening for Mental Health, Inc., and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 25 March 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00337-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.006

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 335-341 , April 2009

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