TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Historical change of suicide seasonality in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta
A1  - Bopp, Matthias
A1  - Eich, Dominique
A1  - Gostynski, M.
A1  - Rossler, Wulf
A1  - Gutzwiller, Felix
SP  - 217
EP  - 226
VL  - 35
IS  - 2
N2  - Current research is yielding an increasingly heteregeneous picture of suicide seasonalities: They seem to depend on methods and, moreover, they seem to have smoothed in recent decades. This work examines the latter issue by comparing suicide seasonalities in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in the 16th -18th centuries, 1901-1920 and 1969-94. The results indicate shifts of peaks and lows on suicide seasonalities over the centuries, with a smoothing of seasonalities toward the 21st century. The recent period does not show any suicide seasonality at all. The Canton of Zurich seems to be ahead of the general trend found in other regions of Switzerland.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.35.2.217.62880
ID  - ref1
ER  -