Citation

Kim C, Jung SH, Kang DR, Kim HC, Moon KT, Hur NW, Shin DC, Suh I. Am. J. Psychiatry 2010; 167(9): 1100-1107.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09050706

PMID

20634364

Abstract

Objective: The authors assessed the relationship between exposure to ambient particulate matter and suicide in urban settings during a 1-year period. Method: The association between particulate matter and suicide was determined using a time-stratified case-crossover approach in which subjects served as their own controls. All suicide cases (4,341) in 2004 that occurred in seven cities in the Republic of Korea were included. Hourly mean concentrations of particulate matter

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