Economic and social correlates of regional suicide rates: A pooled cross-section and time-series analysis

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-289

  Chuanc, Hwei Lin ^b   Huang, Wei Chiao ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000961367     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(97)90021-4     Document Type: Article

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