Psychiatric emergency rates during the Christmas season in the years 1991 to 1997

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-404

  Velamoor, Varadaraj R ^a   Cernovsky, Zack Z ^b   Voruganti, Lakshmi P ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033202263     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.403     Document Type: Article

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