WHO suicide statistics - a cautionary tale.

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Published in Ceylon Med J on March 01, 2015

Authors

D W Knipe1, C Metcalfe, D Gunnell

Author Affiliations

1: School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. dee.knipe@bristol.ac.uk.

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