Sunshine and suicide at the tropic of Capricorn, São Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2004

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1062-1064

  Nejar, Kennedy A ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Poisson distribution; Suicide; Sunlight; Temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049110621     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006005000046     Document Type: Article

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