Suicide in an international perspective

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-111

  Lester, David ^a,b  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030888151     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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