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. 2021 Apr:58:102597.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102597. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Trends in deaths attributable to suicide during COVID-19 pandemic and its association with alcohol use and mental disorders: Findings from autopsies conducted in two districts of India

Chittaranjan Behera  1 , Sudhir Kumar Gupta  2 , Swarndeep Singh  3 , Yatan Pal Singh Balhara  4
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Trends in deaths attributable to suicide during COVID-19 pandemic and its association with alcohol use and mental disorders: Findings from autopsies conducted in two districts of India

Chittaranjan Behera et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 Apr.
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Daily variations in the number of deaths due to suicide registered during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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