Suicides and the lunar cycle

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 243-250

  Gutierrez Garcia, J M ^b   Tusell, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; SPAIN; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031067534     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.243     Document Type: Article

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