Newspaper reporting of suicide cases in Hong Kong

Crisis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Au, Jade S K ^a,b,c   Yip, Paul S F ^a,d   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a,e   Law, Y W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Ctr for Suicide Res and Prevention   (Sweden)

^c Intl Assoc of Suicide Prevention ^*

^d Hong Kong Jockey Club Ctr S   (Hong Kong)

^e Center for Behavior Health   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Mass media; Newspaper; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FAMILY; GUIDELINES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEWSPAPERS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 9344245676     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.25.4.161     Document Type: Article

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