Some problems of research on the association between blood types and suicide mortality: Comment on Lester (2004)

Crisis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-183

  Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood type; Ecological studies; Suicide rates

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 32144433231     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.4.181     Document Type: Review

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