Traffic deaths and superstition on Friday the 13th

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2110-2111

  Näyhä, Simo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 0036894240     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2110     Document Type: Article

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