Marital status integration, psychological well-being, and suicide acceptability as predictors of marital status differentials in suicide rates

Social Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 570-590

  Cutright, Phillips ^a   Fernquist, Robert M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 25144496659     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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