Educational attainment and suicide rates in the United States

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Abel, Ernest L ^a,b   Kruger, Michael L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 27744602123     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.1.25-28     Document Type: Article

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