Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 185-192 , May 2009

Childhood Trauma and Risk for Past and Future Suicide Attempts among Women in Prison

Received 15 August 2008 ,Revised 31 December 2008 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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 Funded by a Junior Faculty Research Grant from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Health and Human Sciences.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00018-8

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.02.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 185-192 , May 2009

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