The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 5 , Pages 482-487 , November 2007

Protective Factors and Suicide Risk in Adolescents with a History of Sexual Abuse

  • Marla E. Eisenberg, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marla E. Eisenberg, ScD, MPH, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 200 Oak St, SE, Ste 260, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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  • Diann M. Ackard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Michael D. Resnick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 4 August 2006 ,Revised 12 March 2007 ,Accepted 16 April 2007.

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 Supported by the Prevention Research Centers Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Cooperative Agreement Number 1-U48-DP-000063). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00361-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.033

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 151, Issue 5 , Pages 482-487 , November 2007

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