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Sources for Risky Business: The Choking Game

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 2008. Unintentional Strangulation Deaths from the “‘Choking Game’ Among Youths” Aged 6–19 Years, United States, 1995–2007, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 57(06); 141–144. Accessed June 15, 2008.

2 Games Adolescents Shouldn’t Play, 2008. The Choking Game. Accessed June 15, 2008.

3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 2008. Unintentional Strangulation Deaths from the “‘Choking Game’ Among Youths” Aged 6–19 Years, United States, 1995–2007, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 57(06); 141–144. Accessed June 15, 2008.

4 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2008. The 2007 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, Mental Health and Well-Being Report. May 1. Accessed June 15, 2008.

5 The DB Foundation, 2008. The Choking Game. Dangerous Adolescent Behavior Education. Accessed June 15, 2008.

6 Games Adolescents Shouldn’t Play, 2008. Choking Game: What Are the Warning Signs? Accessed June 15, 2008.

7 American Counseling Association, May 2007. “Choking Game Anything But Child’s Play: Graduate Students Shed Light on a Deadly But Popular Game.” Counseling Today. Accessed June 15, 2008.
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