Quantifying the colonized/colonist relationship: Suicide as a comparative measure of stress in Gibraltar

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-125

  Sawchuk, L A ^a   Padiak, Janet ^a   Purcell, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 11144342237     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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