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Original Paper

“Reasons For Living” – translation, psychometric evaluation and relationships to suicidal behaviour in a Swedish random sample

Eugen Dobrov Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion; Psychiatric Section, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85, LinköpingCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lars H Thorell Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion; Psychiatric Section, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85, Linköping
Pages 277-285 | Accepted 23 Mar 2003, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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