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  • Sareen, J
  • Cox, BJ
  • Afifi, TO
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  • Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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For correspondence: Jitender Sareen, MD, PZ-430, 771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3N4, Canada; [email protected]

Sources of funding: The Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Manitoba Health Research Council.

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