Lithium in the public water supply and suicide mortality in Greece

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 376-379

  Giotakos, Orestis ^a   Nisianakis, Paul ^a   Tsouvelas, George ^a   Giakalou, Vera Varvara ^b,c  

^a Psychiatric Clinic   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Specifar Pharmaceuticals   (Greece)

Author keywords

Development; Greece; Lithium; Mental health; Mood disorders; Mood stabilizer; Signaling pathways; Suicide; Tap water

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; LITHIUM CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CRIME; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 84890709405     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9815-4     Document Type: Article

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