Media reporting and suicide: A time-series study of suicide from Clifton Suspension Bridge, UK, 1974-2007

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-517

  Hamilton, Susan ^a   Metcalfe, Chris ^b   Gunnell, David ^b  

^a NHS North Somerset   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

media; suicide; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855168262     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr043     Document Type: Article

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