Suicide in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1990 to 1996

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 551-555

  Hourani, Laurel Lockwood ^a   Coben, Patricia A ^a   Warrack, Anthony Giles ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SAILOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 0344995289     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.8.551     Document Type: Article

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