Social ecology of intelligence and suicide in the united states

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 767-775

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749074692     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.3.767-775     Document Type: Article

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