The economics of suicide, revisited

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 628-643

  Marcotte, Dave E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0037285680     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061698     Document Type: Article

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