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Increased Use of Medicinal Drugs in Self-Harm in Urban Areas in Sri Lanka

Varuni de Silva Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Athula Ratnayake University Psychiatry Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 366-369 | Published online: 01 Oct 2008

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