Inter-annual rainfall variations and suicide in New South Wales, Australia, 1964-2001

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-143

  Nicholls, Neville ^a   Butler, Colin D ^b   Hanigan, Ivan ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate; Drought; Health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; HUMAN; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RAIN; SUICIDE;

EID: 29344448856     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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