The 1994–1995 baseball and hockey strikes and their impact on suicide and homicide rates in the united states

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Fernquist, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken promises; Homicide rates; Sports strikes; Suicide rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036882043     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110208951168     Document Type: Article

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