Weather and suicide: The present state of knowledge on the association of meteorological factors with suicidal behaviour

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 402-409

  Deisenhammer, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attempted; Climate; Environment; Meteorological factors; Suicide; Weather

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VARIANCE; WEATHER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SEASONS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WEATHER;

EID: 0344676400     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0001-690X.2003.00209.x     Document Type: Review

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