Decomposing the association of completed suicide with air pollution, weather, and unemployment data at different time scales

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Yang, Albert C ^a,b   Tsai, Shi Jen ^b,c   Huang, Norden E ^d  

^a Chutung Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Empirical mode decomposition; Intrinsic mode function; Suicide; Unemployment; Weather

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; SUN EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149422204     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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