Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 175-180 , July 2002

Seasonal variations in children’s calls to a help-line: implications for preventive services

  • Anne Mari Sund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Medical Faculty, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47-73-55-1509; fax: +47-73-55-1539
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  • Gunnar Morken

      Affiliations

    • Østmarka Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, The Medical Faculty, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Olav M Linaker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, The Medical Faculty, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Received 26 October 2000 ,Accepted 15 February 2001.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 175-180 , July 2002

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