Nothing like Christmas - Suicides during Christmas and other holidays in Austria

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 410-413

  Plöderl, Martin ^a,b   Fartacek, Clemens ^a,b   Kunrath, Sabine ^a,b   Pichler, Eva Maria ^a,b   Fartacek, Reinhold ^a,b   Datz, Christian ^a   Niederseer, David ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISURE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

AUSTRIA; BAYES THEOREM; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84930941249     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku169     Document Type: Article

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