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Letter on ethnic density and suicide: interpretation of results as a protective ethnic density effect is premature

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  1. i-psy Intercultural Psychiatry, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Agnes C. Schrier

  2. VUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman

  3. GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Aartjan T. F. Beekman

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Schrier, A.C., Beekman, A.T.F. Letter on ethnic density and suicide: interpretation of results as a protective ethnic density effect is premature. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 51, 787–788 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-016-1199-2

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