News media coverage and the epidemiology of homicide

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1510-1514

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a   Peterson Manz, Julie G ^a   Berk, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031695237     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.10.1510     Document Type: Article

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