The railway suicide death of a famous German football player: Impact on the subsequent frequency of railway suicide acts in Germany

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 194-198

  Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Kunrath, Sabine ^a   Lukaschek, Karoline ^a   Baumert, Jens ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Celebrity suicide; Copycat suicide; Media; Railway suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; DATA BASE; FATALITY; FOOTBALL; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ATHLETES; CAUSE OF DEATH; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; RAILROADS; SOCCER; SUICIDE;

EID: 84857051094     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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