Association between air pollution and suicide in South Korea: A nationwide study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Youngdon ^a   Myung, Woojae ^a   Won, Hong Hee ^a   Shim, Sanghong ^a   Jeon, Hong Jin ^a   Choi, Junbae ^a   Carroll, Bernard J ^b   Kim, Doh Kwan ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Pacific Behavioral Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84923288094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117929     Document Type: Article

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