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Beyond the Tower of Babel

A Nomenclature for Suicidology

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O’Carroll, P.W., Berman, A.L., Maris, R., Moscicki, E., Tanney, B., Silverman, M. (2002). Beyond the Tower of Babel. In: Kosky, R.J., Eshkevari, H.S., Goldney, R.D., Hassan, R. (eds) Suicide Prevention. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47150-7_7

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