Regional intelligence and suicide rate: New data for australia and a synthesis of research

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34548654403     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.1.191-196     Document Type: Article

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