The social consequences of postcommunist structural change: An analysis of suicide trends in Eastern Europe

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1035-1056

  Minagawa, Yuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84874078130     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos172     Document Type: Article

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