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. 2018 Jan 9;115(2):E115.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714747115. Epub 2017 Dec 29.

Climate change and agricultural suicides in India

Kamal Kumar Murari  1 , T Jayaraman  2 , Madhura Swaminathan  3
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Climate change and agricultural suicides in India

Kamal Kumar Murari et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

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