Suicide Prevention Media Campaigns: A Systematic Literature Review

Health Communication

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 402-414

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Rossetto, Alyssia ^a   Nicholas, Angela ^a   Ftanou, Maria ^a   Robinson, Jo ^b   Reavley, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 85035793245     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1405484     Document Type: Article

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