Airborne pollen and suicide mortality in Tokyo, 2001–2011

Environmental Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-140

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

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airborne pollen; Japan; Mental health; Suicide mortality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; POLLEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE POLLEN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

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

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; SUICIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOKYO;

EID: 85013005061     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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