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Suicide and substance misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Jan Neeleman  and
Michael Farrell
Jan Neeleman*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen
Michael Farrell
Affiliation:
Addiction Sciences Building, Windsor Walk, London SE5 9AF
*
Jan Neeleman, Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001.9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 50 361 2082; e-mail: [email protected]
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 4 , October 1997 , pp. 303 - 304
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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