Genetics of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents

The Neurobiological Basis of Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 297-314

  Zalsman, Gil ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84956782952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12215     Document Type: Chapter

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