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Original Research Article

Socio-demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors associated with suicidal behaviour in Indigenous Sami and Greenlandic Inuit adolescents; the WBYG and NAAHS studies

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Article: 1913939 | Received 25 Sep 2020, Accepted 03 Apr 2021, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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