Lithium in the public water supply and suicide mortality in Texas

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 407-411

  Blüml, Victor ^a   Regier, Michael D ^b   Hlavin, Gerald ^a   Rockett, Ian R H ^b   König, Franz ^a   Vyssoki, Benjamin ^a   Bschor, Tom ^c   Kapusta, Nestor D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Schlosspark Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Lithium; Poisson regression models; Suicide mortality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84873524345     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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