Threats of school violence in Pennsylvania after media coverage of the Columbine High School massacre: Examining the role of imitation

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 994-1001

  Kostinshy, Spencer ^a   Bixler, Edward O ^a   Kettl, Paul A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; IMITATION; INCIDENCE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034847676     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.9.994     Document Type: Article

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