Violence and media reports—a connection with hungerford?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-266

  Cantor, Chris H ^a   Sheehan, Peter W ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Relationship; Suicidal ideas; Suicide; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029989875     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119608259006     Document Type: Article

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