Relationship between daily suicide counts and temperature in England and Wales

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue AUG., 2007, Pages 106-112

  Page, Lisa A ^a   Hajat, Shakoor ^b   Kovats, R Sari ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 34547626609     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.031948     Document Type: Article

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