Heavy metal, religiosity, and suicide acceptability

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 388-394

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSIC; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032421729     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1998.tb00974.x     Document Type: Article

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