Sunshine and suicide at the tropic of Capricorn, São Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2004 Luz solar e suicídio no trópico de Capricórnio, São Paulo, Brasil, 1996-2004
Several studies have confirmed seasonal variation in suicide rates according to hours of sunshine. The suicide pattern was assessed in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, at the tropic of Capricorn from 1996 to 2004. Poisson regression was employed to estimate parameters of seasonality, as well as to ve...
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| Format: | Article |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102007000600024 |