Suicide and meteorological factors in São Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2011: a time series analysis

Objective: Considering the scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes and the Southern Hemisphere, we aimed to examine the association between meteorological factors and suicide in São Paulo. Method: Weekly suicide records stratified by sex were gathered. Weekly averages for minimum, mean, an...

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Main Authors: Daniel H. Bando, Chei T. Teng, Fernando M. Volpe, Eduardo de Masi, Luiz A. Pereira, Alfésio L. Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2017-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017000300006&lng=en&tlng=en