The Impact of Media Reporting on the Emergence of Charcoal Burning Suicide in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

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

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHARCOAL BURNING SUICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN;

CHARCOAL; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84873880239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055000     Document Type: Article

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