@article{ref1,
title="Inter-annual rainfall variations and suicide in New South Wales, Australia, 1964-2001",
journal="International journal of biometeorology",
year="2006",
author="Nicholls, Neville and Butler, Colin D. and Hanigan, Ivan",
volume="50",
number="3",
pages="1-5",
abstract="The suicide rate in New South Wales is shown to be related to annual precipitation, supporting a widespread and long-held assumption that drought in Australia increases the likelihood of suicide. The relationship, although statistically significant, is not especially strong and is confounded by strong, long-term variations in the suicide rate not related to precipitation variations. A decrease in precipitation of about 300 mm would lead to an increase in the suicide rate of approximately 8% of the long-term mean suicide rate.",
language="",
issn="0020-7128",
doi="10.1007/s00484-005-0002-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-005-0002-y"
}