Conceptualizing suicide in economic models

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Yang, Buou ^a   Lester, David ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

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EID: 0011360047     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048596356537     Document Type: Review

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