TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Moon/sun - suicide
JO  - Reviews on environmental health
A1  - Kmetty, Zoltan
A1  - Tomasovszky, Álmos
A1  - Bozsonyi, Karoly
SP  - 213
EP  - 217
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Findings concerning the effects of moon phases and sun activity on suicide are mixed in the international literature. <br><br>AIM: Our aim was to examine the hypothesised effects according to gender and age on Hungarian data covering more than 30 years. <br><br>METHODS: Time series ARIMA models and dynamic regression models were applied in our analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Among women aged 20-49 years, a significant increase in the risk of suicide has been observed during proton solar events. At the same time, among women aged 50-59 years a slight but significant decrease has been identified in the risk of suicide during magnetic storms and full moons. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Proton solar events, geomagnetic storms and moon phases caused changes in the risk of suicide in certain age groups in the case of women only.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0048-7554
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2017-0039
ID  - ref1
ER  -