Suicidality, economic shocks, and egalitarian gender norms

European Sociological Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-53

  Reeves, Aaron ^a   Stuckler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84964734003     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcv084     Document Type: Article

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