Relationship between vehicle emissions laws and incidence of suicide by motor vehicle exhaust gas in Australia, 2001-06: An ecological analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Studdert, David M ^a,b   Gurrin, Lyle C ^a   Jatkar, Uma ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; LEGAL ASPECT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SUICIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749100210     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000210     Document Type: Article

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