Effects of media reports and the subsequent voluntary withdrawal from sale of suicide-related products on the suicide rate in Japan

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-251

  Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Abe, Takeru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Media coverage; Suicide; Suicide related products

Indexed keywords

BATH SALT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ILLICIT DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862862758     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0279-2     Document Type: Article

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