Self-poisoning and moon phases in Oslo.
During 1980 the relation between the moon phases and 1187 cases of self-poisonings in Oslo was studied. In contrast to a previous report from India no significant correlation was found between the full moon and self-poisoning. The aetiology of self-poisonings in western countries is rather more complex than to be explained by speculative 'human tidal waves'.
D055580:Astronomical Phenomena; D001256:Astronomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D010507:Periodicity; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology