Can Media Effects Counteract Legislation Reforms? The Case of Adolescent Firearm Suicides in the Wake of the Austrian Firearm Legislation

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a   Till, Benedikt ^b   Herberth, Arno ^b   Kapusta, Nestor D ^a,c   Voracek, Martin ^b   Dervic, Kanita ^c   Etzersdorfer, Elmar ^d   Sonneck, Gernot ^a,e  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Furtbach Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Europe; Firearms; Health promotion; Imitation; Legislation; Media; Public health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649220007     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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