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Coffee, caffeine, and risk of completed suicide: Results from three prospective cohorts of American adults

Michel LucasDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Eilis J. O’ReillyDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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An PanDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Fariba MirzaeiDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Walter C. WillettDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Olivia I. OkerekeDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Alberto AscherioDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 377-386 | Received 29 Oct 2012, Accepted 22 Mar 2013, Published online: 02 Jul 2013

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