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. 2021 Jan:295:113632.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113632. Epub 2020 Dec 5.

The short-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on suicides in Korea

Agnus M Kim  1
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The short-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on suicides in Korea

Agnus M Kim. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Jan.
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The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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The COVID-19 outbreak and the number of suicides in the first eight months of the years 2020 and 2019 in Korea
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