A re-examination of seasonal variation in suicides in Australia and New Zealand

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Yip, Paul S F ^a   Chao, Anne ^b   Ho, T P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Harmonic analysis; Seasonal variation; Suicides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031936523     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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