Evidence that latitude is directly related to variation in suicide rates.
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OBJECTIVE To use available suicide-rate data from 20 countries to see patterns and relations more clearly. METHOD We obtained raw suicide rates from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) database from 1960 through 1997 and calculated averages and standard deviations. RESULTS There is a positive linear relation between the variation in suicide rate and geographic latitude. CONCLUSIONS The variation in light-dark cycles is superimposed upon human mood.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
دوره 47 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002