Anomie or imitation? The Werther effect of celebrity suicides on suicide rates in 34 OECD countries, 1960–2014
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OECD; Anomie; Imitation; Celebrity suicides; Status; Suicide; Werther effect; Wikipedia;All these keywords.
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