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28 - Suicidal Behavior and Its Prevention in India

from Asia & Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

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Solomon Renati  and
Shreeletha Solomon
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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