Invited commentary: Assessment of air pollution and suicide risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 304-308

  Guo, Yuming ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

air pollution; case crossover studies; confounding; exposure measurement; measurement error; selection bias; suicide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REVIEW; SELECTION BIAS; SUICIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 84924616479     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu342     Document Type: Review

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