Place of birth and suicide in hungary: Is there a regional subculture of self-destruction?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-352

  Moksony, Ferenc ^a  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case control Study; Deviant Behavior; Region; Subculture; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242287277     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713848947     Document Type: Article

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