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. 2017 Dec 19;318(23):2349-2351.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16908.

Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015

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Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015

Theodore L Caputi et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This survey study estimates suicide risk behaviors of sexual minority adolescents using National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2015.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.

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