Internet use and suicide among younger age groups between 1989 and 2008 in Japan

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-

  Hagihara, A ^a   Miyazaki, S ^a   Tarumi, K ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; LETTER; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 77951930922     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01547.x     Document Type: Letter

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