Research Letter: Copycat effect after celebrity suicides: Results from the French national death register

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 668-671

  Queinec, R ^a   Beitz, C ^b   Contrand, B ^c   Jougla, E ^c   Leffondre K ^c   Lagarde, E ^c   Encrenaz, G ^c  

^a Pôle Entre Deux Mers ^*  (France)

^b Centre Jean Abadie CHU de Bordeaux   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956310546     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710002011     Document Type: Letter

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