Biochemical, metabolic and immune correlates of seasonal variation in violent suicide: A chronoepidemiologic study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-33

  Maes, M ^a,b   Scharpe S ^c   D'Hondt, P ^c   Peeters, D ^c   Wauters, A ^d   Neels, H ^d   Verkerk, R ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Electrolytes; Immunity; Interleukin; L tryptophan; Melatonin; Seasonality; Serotonin; Violent suicide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MAGNESIUM; PAROXETINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030065931     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-9338(96)80455-X     Document Type: Article

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