Seasonality of suicide in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1979-2003

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-105

  Bando, Daniel Hideki ^a,b   Scrivani, Hommenig ^a   Morettin, Pedro Alberto ^a   Chei, Tung Teng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Male; Suicide; Time series; Tropical zone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 67650498387     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000200004     Document Type: Article

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