http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/Research/6_2_KarenMarshall.pdf
http://www.caltrain.com/media_advisory_2009_08_23_news_conference.html (conference held in Aug. on fatalities)
http://www.caltrain.com/news_2009_09_09_rail_safety_education.html (rail safety education)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12970005IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com (info on conductor’s reaction to rail suicides)
http://www.oli.org/ (rail safety brochure)
http://www.caltrain.com/pdf/Caltrain_Rail_Safety_Brochure_2008.pdf (another rail safety brochure
http://www.commonsenseuseit.com/
Sources
* "The effect of contagion appears to be strongest among adolescents (7,8 )" CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4306.pdf
* "Clustering was two to four times more common among adolescents and young adults than among other age groups." Suicide Clusters: An Examination of Age-Specific Effects http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1404629/pdf/amjph00215-0075.pdf
* "If a particular method or site was used in previous suicides or suicide attempts, modification efforts should be addressed to these methods or sites first." CDC http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000214/p0000214.asp#head011000000000000
* "Causal Analysis and Countermeasures to Prevent Rail Suicide" American Association of Suicidology July 2009
* "Means Matter - Impulsivity and Crises" Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_13732575nclick_check=1
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