Astrological birth signs in suicide: Hypothesis or speculation?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-114

  Salib, Emad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hollins Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYSTICISM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ASTROLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037948255     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.2.111     Document Type: Review

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