Introduction: Suicide in South Asia: Ethnographic perspectives

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-28

  Staples, James ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862192657     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996671104600202     Document Type: Editorial

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