Temporal fluctuations and seasonality in attempted suicide in Europe

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-69

  Jessen, G ^a   Andersen, K ^b   Arensman, E ^b   Bille Brahe, U ^b   Crepet, P ^b   De Leo, D ^b   Hawton, K ^b   Haring, C ^b   Hjelmeland, H ^b   Michel, K ^b   Ostamo, A ^b   Salander Renberg, E ^b   Schmidtke, A ^b   Temesvary, B ^b   Wasserman, D ^b  

^a Unit for Suicidological Research   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Seasonality; Suicide attempts; Temporal fluctuations; WHO EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME;

EID: 0032966629     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009693123399     Document Type: Article

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