Association of temporal factors and suicides in the United States, 2000-2004

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-445

  Kposowa, Augustine J ^a   D'Auria, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily variations; Multi level models; Seasonality; State suicide rate; Suicides

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952240232     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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