Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Suicide Rates in the U.S., 1950–2002
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عنوان ژورنال: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0363-0234
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.452