@article{ref1,
title="Seasonal variation in suicides: diminished or vanished. Experience from England and Wales, 1982-1996",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Chao, A. and Yip, P. S. and Chiu, C. W.",
volume="177",
number="",
pages="366-369",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Seasonal variation in suicidal death has been observed in many countries. In particular, a cyclic variation was found for both men and women in England and Wales in the 1960s and 1970s. Men showed a single 12-month cycle whereas women showed two cycles. AIMS: To re-examine the seasonal variation in suicides in England and Wales for the period 1982-1996. METHOD: A harmonic analysis was used to detect the seasonality of the suicide data. RESULTS: The seasonal effect on suicide is greatly diminished in England and Wales. This is shown by the reduced amplitude and smaller proportion of variance accounted for by the season. CONCLUSIONS: The seasonal effect on suicide has either diminished or vanished.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}