@article{ref1,
title="Association between air pollution and suicide in South Korea: a nationwide study",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2015",
author="Kim, Youngdon and Myung, Woojae and Won, Hong-Hee and Shim, Sanghong and Jeon, Hong Jin and Choi, Junbae and Carroll, Bernard J. and Kim, Doh Kwan",
volume="10",
number="2",
pages="e0117929-e0117929",
abstract="Suggestive associations of suicide with air pollutant concentrations have been reported. Recognizing regional and temporal variability of pollutant concentrations and of suicide, we undertook a detailed meta-analysis of completed suicides in relation to 5 major pollutants over 6 years in the 16 administrative regions of the Republic of Korea, while also controlling for other established influences on suicide rates. Of the 5 major pollutants examined, ozone concentrations had a powerful association with suicide rate, extending back to 4 weeks. Over the range of 2 standard deviations (SD) around the annual mean ozone concentration, the adjusted suicide rate increased by an estimated 7.8% of the annual mean rate. Particulate matter pollution also had a significant effect, strongest with a 4-week lag, equivalent to 3.6% of the annual mean rate over the same 2 SD range that approximated the half of annual observed range. These results strongly suggest deleterious effects of ozone and particulate matter pollution on the major public health problem of suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0117929",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117929"
}