Adult suicide mortality in the United States: Marital status, family size, socioeconomic status, and differences by sex

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1167-1185

  Denney, Justin T ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^a   Krueger, Patrick M ^b   Wadsworth, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 70350155382     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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