title: Blood types and national suicide rates.
abstract: In a sample of 51 nations, the suicide rates were negatively associated with the proportion of people with Type O blood, while homicide rates were positively associated with this proportion.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Pomona, NJ, USA. david.lester@stockton.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System