No evidence of suicide increase following terrorist attacks in the United States: An interrupted time-series analysis of september 11 and Oklahoma City

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-670

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a   Trahan, Adam ^b   Chamlin, Mitchell B ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OKLAHOMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76549084603     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.6.659     Document Type: Article

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