Suicidality in women

Contemporary Topics in Women’s Mental Health: Global perspectives in a changing society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-137

  Hadlaczky, Gergö ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470746738.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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