The effect of the media on suicide: Evidence from Japan, 1955-1985

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-142

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MASS MEDIUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030055908     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1996.tb00824.x     Document Type: Article

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