On abandoning life when it is least difficult

Social Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 154-162

  Granberg, Donald ^a   Westerberg, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033085625     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1999.9988993     Document Type: Article

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