A 20-year review of trends in deliberate self-harm in a British town, 1981–2000
✍ Scribed by Simon O’Loughlin; Joanna Sherwood
- Book ID
- 105823535
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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