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. 2018 Jan 9;115(2):E116.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715331115. Epub 2017 Dec 29.

Unfounded assumptions in linking crop-damaging temperature and suicide in India

Saudamini Das  1   2   3
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Unfounded assumptions in linking crop-damaging temperature and suicide in India

Saudamini Das. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

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