
@article{ref1,
title="Hot temperatures and suicide risk: new insight into a complex topic",
journal="Environmental health perspectives",
year="2020",
author="Nicole, Wendee",
volume="128",
number="7",
pages="e74005-e74005",
abstract="Suicide is a major public health concern with more than 800,000 deaths each year worldwide.1 It is the second leading cause of death in young people 15-29 years of age.1 Previous studies have linked higher temperatures to increased suicide--a growing concern as the average global temperature rises.2 Some past studies have reported a linear relationship--in other words, the higher the temperature, the higher the relative risk of suicide--whereas others have found evidence of a nonlinear association. A recent study in Environmental Health Perspectives pooled climate and health data across multiple sites to further explore the exact shape of the association...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-6765",
doi="10.1289/EHP6791",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP6791"
}