Suicide Prevention: State of the Art Review

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 404-420

  Stone, Deborah M ^a   Crosby, Alex E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

prevention; preventive medicine; public health; self directed; suicide; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921522262     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: 15598284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827614551130     Document Type: Review

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