An empirical examination of thomas masaryk’s theory of suicide

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Lester, David ^a  

^a CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Masaryk; Modernization; Religiosity; Suicide rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SUICIDE; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16944363196     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119708258263     Document Type: Article

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