Epidemiological indicators of suicides in the Republic of Croatia

Drustvena Istrazivanja

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-168

  Kozarić Kovačić, Dragica ^a   Grubišić Ilić, Mirjana ^b   Grubišić, Frane ^c   Kovačić, Zrnka ^d  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^b Police College   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

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EID: 0345240812     PISSN: 13300288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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