Lithium levels in drinking water and risk of suicide1

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 464-465

  Ohgami, Hirochika ^a   Terao, Takeshi ^a   Shiotsuki, Ippei ^a   Ishii, Nobuyoshi ^a   Iwata, Noboru ^b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LITHIUM; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; DOSE RESPONSE; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; JAPAN; LITHIUM; SUICIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649316108     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.055798     Document Type: Article

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