Does diurnal temperature range influence seasonal suicide mortality? Assessment of daily data of the Helsinki metropolitan area from 1973 to 2010

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1039-1045

  Holopainen, Jari ^a   Helama, Samuli ^b   Partonen, Timo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Finland; Suicidology; Thermal stress; Weather

Indexed keywords

CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TEMPERATURE;

CITIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84904249715     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0689-0     Document Type: Article

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