Finno-Ugrians,Blood Types,and Suicide: Comment on Voracek,Fisher,and Marusic

Abstract

In a sample of 20 European nations, the distribution of blood types provided a better explanation for the association of longitude with suicide rates than did the percentage of Finno-Ugrian ethnic group.

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