The impact of media reporting of suicide on actual suicides in Taiwan, 2002-05

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 934-940

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a,b   Chen, Feng ^c   Yip, Paul S F ^d  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80955154972     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.117903     Document Type: Article

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