The association of suicide rates with individual-level suicide attitudes: A cross-national analysis

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-59

  Stack, Steven ^a   Kposowa, Augustine J ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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EID: 38349162627     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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