Regional intelligence and suicide rate in Germany

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 639-642

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846200497     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.2.639-642     Document Type: Article

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