Acute air pollution exposure and risk of suicide completion

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 295-303

  Bakian, Amanda V ^a   Huber, Rebekah S ^b   Coon, Hilary ^a   Gray, Douglas ^a,c   Wilson, Phillip ^d   McMahon, William M ^a   Renshaw, Perry F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; case crossover studies; environmental exposure; nitrogen dioxide; particulatematter; risk factors; suicide

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SUICIDE; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTAH;

SALT LAKE COUNTY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 84924533709     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu341     Document Type: Article

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