Season-of-birth as a risk factor for the seasonality of suicidal behaviour

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Rock, Daniel ^a,b   Greenberg, David ^b   Hallmayer, Joachim ^c  

^a GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rate; DSH; Seasons; Suicide; Suicide statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645087931     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-005-0614-6     Document Type: Article

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