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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume 36, 2002 - Issue 1
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Suicide among psychiatric patients: a case-control study

Jane Pirkis Program Evaluation Unit, Centre for Health Program Evaluation, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, P O box 477, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Mental Health Research Institute, Victoria, Australia
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Philip Burgess Mental Health Research Institute, 155 Oak Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3053, Australia [email protected]; Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Damien Jolley School of health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
Pages 86-91 | Received 28 Jun 2001, Accepted 21 Aug 2001, Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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