National intelligence and suicide rate across Europe: An alternative test using educational attainment data

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 512-518

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 36849075302     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.2.512-518     Document Type: Article

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