TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Association of suicide with short-term exposure to air pollution at different lag times: a systematic review and meta-analysis
JO  - Science of the total environment
A1  - Davoudi, Mojtaba
A1  - Barjasteh-Askari, Fateme
A1  - Amini, Homayoun
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Mahvi, Amir Hossein
A1  - Ghavami, Vahid
A1  - Rezvani Ghalhari, Mohammad
SP  - e144882
EP  - e144882
VL  - 771
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major public health problem, with some environmental risk factors. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: This meta-analysis study explored the association between short-term exposure to air pollution and suicide mortality, with an emphasis on different lag times. <br><br>METHODS: A systematic search was used to find relevant studies in databases including Scopus, Web of Knowledge, Pubmed, and Embase published up to 19 May 2020. The inclusion criteria included case-crossover or time-series studies assessing the association of criteria air pollutants with suicide mortality at different Lag Days of 0-7 (LD0 to LD7) and Cumulative Lags of 1-7 days (CL1 to CL7). Odds ratios (OR) were calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CI). <br><br>RESULTS: Of 1436 retrieved articles, 11 were eligible for data extraction, representing data on 283,550 suicides published between 2010 and 2019. The odds of suicide death increase with each 10 μg/m(3) increase in the mean concentrations of NO(2) at CL1 (1.013: 1.006-1.021), CL2 (1.028: 1.003-1.053), CL3 (1.035: 1.001-1.070), and LD2 (1.011: 1.001-1.022), SO(2) at CL1 (1.024: 1.014-1.034), CL2 (1.030: 1.012-1.048), CL3 (1.029: 1.009-1.049), and CL4 (1.027: 1.005-1.049), O(3) at CL6 (1.008: 1.000-1.016), PM(10) at CL1 (1.004: 1.000-1.008), and PM(2.5) at CL1 (1.017: 1.003-1.031). Besides, the odds of suicide death increases with each 0.5 mg/m(3) increase in the mean concentration of CO at LD6 (1.005: 1.000-1.011). However, it decreased with increased O(3) exposure at LD3 (0.997: 0.994-1.000). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The study supports a positive association between air pollution and suicide mortality. No immediate risk was elucidated but the possible effects seem to be exerted cumulatively.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0048-9697
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144882
ID  - ref1
ER  -