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. 1989 Feb;68(1):273-4.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1989.68.1.273.

Restricting methods for suicide as a means of preventing suicide: the case of drugs

D Lester  1
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Restricting methods for suicide as a means of preventing suicide: the case of drugs

D Lester. Percept Mot Skills. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

In three cases, restricting opiates in Great Britain, sedatives in Australia, and hypnotic drugs in Japan led to decrease in use of that method for suicide.

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