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The time for suicide
Author(s) -
Williams P.,
Tansella M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02829.x
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , demography , psychiatry , medicine , sociology , pathology
— 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.