The internet: Its role in the occurrence and prevention of suicide

Internet and Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 13-20

  Narang, Puneet ^a,b   Lippmann, Steven B ^a,b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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