Suicide rate in the dental profession: Fact or myth and coping strategies

Dental Hypotheses

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 164-168

  Lange, Brian M ^a   Fung, Eric Y K ^a   Dunning, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental suicide rate; dentist; major depressive disorder; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875444108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21558213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2155-8213.106845     Document Type: Review

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