Menstruation and suicide: An exploratory study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-434

  Dogra, T D ^a   Leenaars, Antoon A ^a,b   Raintji, Ravi ^a   Lalwani, Sanjeev ^a   Girdhar, Shalini ^a   Wenckstern, Susanne ^b   Lester, David ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Richard Stockton College of New Jersey ^*  (Canada)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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EID: 36849000873     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.2.430-434     Document Type: Article

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