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New insights on suicide: uncertainty and political conditions

Anne de BruinSchool of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abraham AgyemangSchool of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6174-3439
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Md Iftekhar Hasan ChowdhurySchool of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New ZealandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-9884
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Pages 1424-1429 | Published online: 28 Oct 2019

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