Driver suicides in Finland - Are they different in Northern and Southern Finland?

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Hernetkoski, Kati Maarit ^a   Keskinen, Esko Olavi ^a   Parkkari, Inkeri Kaarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^{b *}  (Finland)

Author keywords

Driver suicides; Finland

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849121499     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v68i3.18329     Document Type: Article

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