The gap between suicide characteristics in the print media and in the population

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-364

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Furtbach Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

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

^e Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Education; Health promotion; Mass media; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449096134     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp034     Document Type: Article

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