The effects of media reports of suicides by well-known figures between 1989 and 2010 in Japan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 623-629

  Ueda, Michiko ^a,b   Mori, Kota ^c   Matsubayashi, Tetsuya ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imitation; Japan; Media; Mental health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; MENTAL HEALTH; POISSON RATIO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; IMITATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; OCCUPATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

JAPAN;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS MEDIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84899834395     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu056     Document Type: Article

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