Premature mortality due to suicide, homicide, and motor vehicle accidents in health service delivery areas: Comparison of status Indians in British Columbia, Canada, with all other residents

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 739-749

  Stephen Bridges, F ^a   Kunselman, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33244463311     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.3.739-749     Document Type: Review

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