Lunar cycles and violent behaviour

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 496-499

  Owen, Cathy ^a   Tarantello, Concetta ^a   Jones, Michael ^b   Tennant, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTSTAT Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Lunar cycle; Psychiatric hospitals; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOON; RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031850750     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809068322     Document Type: Article

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