Temperature change dominates the suicidal seasonality in Taiwan: A time-series analysis

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-418

  Tsai, Jui Feng ^a   Cho, Wenchun ^b  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate; Economic factor; Seasonality; Suicide; Temperature increase

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84857373525     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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