Geospatial examination of lithium in drinking water and suicide mortality

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Helbich, Marco ^a   Leitner, Michael ^b   Kapusta, Nestor D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Lithium; Spatial regression models; Suicide rate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; LITHIUM; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

AUSTRIA;

LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRIA; CATHOLICISM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84862162660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-19     Document Type: Article

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