Ambient air pollution and suicide in Tokyo, 2001-2011

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 201, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-202

  Ng, Chris Fook Sheng ^a,b   Stickley, Andrew ^b,c   Konishi, Shoko ^b,d   Watanabe, Chiho ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover study; Japan; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SPRING; SUICIDE; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WIDOWED PERSON; WINTER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUICIDE; TOKYO;

EID: 84971482805     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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