The time for suicide
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 75 (5), 532-535
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02829.x
Abstract
Analysis of 25,987 suicides occurring in Italy during the years 1974-1983 demonstrated a clear diurnal variation, death by suicide being most prevalent between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m. Reasons and implications are discussed with reference to earlier work on this topic.Keywords
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