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Nearly lethal suicide attempt — implications for research and prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Henry O'Connell  and
Anthony Clare
Henry O'Connell
Affiliation:
Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Anthony Clare
Affiliation:
St Edmundsbury Hospital, Lucan, Co Dublin, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 131 - 133
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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