County level suicide rates and social integration: Urbanicity and its role in the relationship

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-135

  Walker, Jacob T ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57249098132     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170802480568     Document Type: Article

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