The media and suicide

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-499

  Sudak, Howard S ^a   Sudak, Donna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMITATION; MASS MEDIUM; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 33744982903     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.29.5.495     Document Type: Review

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