The relationship between suicide and five climate issues in a large-scale and long term study in Japan

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-537

  Inoue, K ^a   Nishimura, Y ^b   Fujita, Y ^c   Ono, Y ^a   Fukunaga, T ^d  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate; Long term; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872567262     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2010.141     Document Type: Article

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