title: The time for suicide.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*