Higher environmental temperature and global radiation are correlated with increasing suicidality - A localized data analysis

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 949-957

  Müller, Helge ^a   Biermann, Teresa ^a   Renk, Stefan ^b   Reulbach, Udo ^c   Ströbel, Armin ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Sperling, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Hospital of Leverkusen   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Meteorological influencing factors; Meteorological rhythm; Season; Suicidal tendency; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; SEASON; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; SEASONS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 81255140205     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2011.618418     Document Type: Article

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