Acceptability of suicide: Attitudes in Taiwan and in the United States

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-306

  Domino, George ^a,b   Shen, Di ^a   Su, Sulin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 23044523364     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/qd5g-rcq8-cqbq-6juv     Document Type: Article

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