title: Rates of homicide and suicide on major national holidays.
abstract: Rates of U.S. homicides and suicides during 1972-1979 were higher on 7 major national holidays except one for homicides and were lower for suicides, except New Year's Day as Lester noted for 1972-1979.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514-5750, USA. fbridges@uwf.edu
authors.forename: F Stephen
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D006693:Holidays / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D010507:Periodicity; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology