Theories of suicide

Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-53

  Lester, David ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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EID: 84906208959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938195     Document Type: Chapter

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