Suicide coverage in U.S. newspapers following the publication of the media guidelines

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 524-534

  Tatum, Phillip T ^a   Canetto, Silvia Sara ^a   Slater, Michael D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650350716     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.524     Document Type: Article

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