Suicide risk and sexual orientation – International and Austrian Evidence
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Adolescent sexual orientation and suicide risk: evidence from a national study.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw170.046