The newsworthiness of suicide

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-283

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Burgess, Philip ^b   Blood, R Warwick ^c   Francis, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FEMALE; GAS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

EID: 34250845811     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.3.278     Document Type: Article

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