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Suicide, depression and immunological resignation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Frank M Corrigan
Frank M Corrigan*
Affiliation:
Argyll and Bute NHS Trust, Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead Argyll, PA31 8LD, Scotland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 78 - 79
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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