title: Predicting European suicide rates with physiological indices.
abstract: In a sample of 17 European nations, the prevalence of the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii and the percentage of Finno-Ugrians in the populations were significantly associated with national suicide rates for men and women.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014122:Toxoplasma; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000453:epidemiology*