Enterprise failures correlate positively with suicide rate for both sexes in Japan

Psychological Reports

Volumn 95, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 917-920

  Yamasaki, Akiko ^a   Chinami, Masanobu ^b   Morgenthaler, Stephan ^c   Kaneko, Yoshihiro ^d   Nakashima, Kazuko ^a   Shirakawa, Taro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Natl Inst Pop/Social Secty Res   (Japan)

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EID: 12344281560     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.95.3.917-920     Document Type: Article

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