title: [Influence of weather factors on suicidal hangings].
abstract: The paper presents a certain biometeorological problem. The evaluation of influence of weather factors on frequency of suicidal cases by hanging in the area of Cracow City during 1991-2002 was examined. Rapid changes of air pressure, air temperature, hot, sweltering and sultry days, very frosty days, days with strong or foehn wind, days with thunderstorms, fog and haze were selected as unfavourable weather factors. They give an occasion for strong psychical stress. The results of detailed investigations are next: more frequency of cases of suicide during the advance of cold fronts, rapid decreases of air pressure during hot, sweltering and sultry days, days with thunderstorms and foehn winds in the Tatra Mountains.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Klimatolog'ii Istytutu Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trepińska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piotrowicz
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bakowski
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolechała
authors.forename: Franciszek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trela
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016574:Seasonal Affective Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013696:Temperature; D014887:Weather