Climatic and diurnal variation in suicide attempts in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Doganay, Zahide ^a,b   Tevfik Sunter, A ^a   Guz, Hatice ^a   Ozkan, Aysen ^a   Altintop, Levent ^a   Kati, Celal ^a   Colak, Esra ^a   Aygun, Dursun ^a   Guven, Hakan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Diurnal variation; ED; Season; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPRING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0042574214     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(03)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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