Weather and emotional state: A search for associations between weather and calls to telephone counseling services

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-34

  Driscoll, Dennis M ^a   Stillman, Daniel N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Journal of Geophysical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

"Hotlines"; Behavioral human biometeorology; Counseling services; Weather and emotional state; Weather types

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EMOTION; HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

COUNSELING; EMOTIONS; HOTLINES; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 0036886358     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-002-0136-0     Document Type: Article

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