Association of meteorological factors with suicide

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-459

  Deisenhammer, E A ^a   Kemmler, G ^a   Parson, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Ctrl Inst Meteorol Geodynamics ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Meteorological factors; Meteotropism; Risk factors; Suicide; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LIGHTNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WEATHER;

AUSTRIA; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SEASONS; SUICIDE; WEATHER;

EID: 0344874173     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0001-690X.2003.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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