Admission to intensive care for parasuicide by self-poisoning: Variation by time cycles, climate and the lunar cycle

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Ungur, Alexander Lavinius ^a   Unger, Joerg ^a   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Encke, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian cycle; Climate; Diurnal cycle; Lunar cycle; Parasuicide

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; SEASONS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 54049157750     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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