Women's suicide in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: Do laws discriminating against women matter?

@article{Cai2021WomensSI,
  title={Women's suicide in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: Do laws discriminating against women matter?},
  author={Ziyi Cai and Silvia Sara Canetto and Qingsong Chang and Paul S. F. Yip},
  journal={Social science \& medicine},
  year={2021},
  pages={
          114035
        }
}
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