Delayed Increase in Suicide Rates following Tsunami Disaster
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215 Received October 31, 2014; revised and accepted February 19, 2015. Published online March 11, 2015; doi: 10.1620/tjem.235.215. Correspondence: Masatsugu Orui, M.D., Ph.D., Sendai City Mental Health and Welfare Center, 1-6 Sankyozawa, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Delayed Increase in Male Suicide Rates in Tsunami DisasterStricken Areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Three-Year Follow-Up Study in Miyagi Prefecture
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