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Suicide and substance misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Jan Neeleman*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen
Michael Farrell
Affiliation:
Addiction Sciences Building, Windsor Walk, London SE5 9AF
*
Jan Neeleman, Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001.9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. Fax: +31 50 361 2082; e-mail: j.needleman@med.rug.nl
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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