Future directions in late life suicide prevention

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Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-53

  Fiske, Amy ^a   Arbore, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Goldman Institute on Aging   (United States)

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EID: 33751190531     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/3t4g-t5u2-q724-e0k8     Document Type: Article

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