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Reduced suicidal presentations to emergency departments during the COVID-19 outbreak in Queensland, Australia

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA (2021)

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MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Volume 214, Issue 6, Pages -

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WILEY

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50981

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