Epidemiology and chronorhythm of attempted suicide repetitions;Epidemiologia e cronoritmo delle recidive di tentato suicidio

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 114-117

  Bianco, Giovanni ^a,c   D'Alessandro, Giuseppe ^a   Tarquini, Enrico ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzoccoli, Gianluigi ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide: Repeater; circadian rhythm; Circannual rhythm; Circaseptan rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERIODICITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERIODICITY; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032016927     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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