Seasonal variation in suicide occurrence in Finland

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-97

  Hakko, H ^a   Rasanen P ^a   Tiihonen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Seasonality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031820426     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10048.x     Document Type: Article

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