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The prediction of suicide and the law on abortion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Michael J Kelleher*
Affiliation:
St. Anne's Hospital, Shanakiel, Cork, Ireland
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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