Rural suicide rates and availability of health care providers

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 537-543

  Fiske, Amy ^a,b   Gatz, Margaret ^a,b   Hannell, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 24944527560     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20069     Document Type: Article

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