TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Hot temperatures and suicide risk: new insight into a complex topic
JO  - Environmental health perspectives
A1  - Nicole, Wendee
SP  - e74005
EP  - e74005
VL  - 128
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-6765
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP6791
ID  - ref1
ER  -