ArticleActa psychiatrica Scandinavica2012
Pollen counts and suicide rates. Association not replicated.
Article in Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Short-term exposures to atmospheric evergreen, deciduous, grass, and ragweed aeroallergens and the risk of suicide in Ohio, 2007-2015: Exploring disparities by age, gender, and education level.Environmental research · 2021Article
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- Animal models to improve our understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior.Translational psychiatry · 2017Review
- Mental Health in Allergic Rhinitis: Depression and Suicidal Behavior.Current treatment options in allergy · 2017Article
- Association of Temperature and Humidity with Trauma Deaths.Trauma monthly · 2015Article
- The role of inflammation in suicidal behaviour.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2015Review
- Risk of suicide for individuals reporting asthma and atopy in young adulthood: findings from the Glasgow Alumni study.Psychiatry research · 2015Article
- Suicide risk in relation to air pollen counts: a study based on data from Danish registers.BMJ open · 2013Article
- Seasonality of suicidal behavior.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012Review
- Is suicidal ideation associated with allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis?Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisilogiaArticle
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9 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo replicate a previously reported association between pollen counts and county suicide rates in the continental United States, across space and time.
methodThe authors evaluated the relationship between airborne pollen counts and suicide rates in 42 counties of the continental United States, containing a pollen-counting station participating in the Aeroallergen Monitoring Network in the United States (N = 120,076 suicides), considering years' quarter, age group, sex, race, rural/urban location, number of local psychiatrists, and median household income, from 1999 to 2002. The county-level effects were broken into between-county and within-county.
resultsNo within-county effects were found. Between-county effects for grass and ragweed pollen on suicide rates lost statistical significance after adjustment for median income, number of psychiatrists, and urban vs. rural location.
conclusionFuture research is necessary to reappraise the previously reported relationship between pollen levels and suicide rates that may have been driven by socioeconomic confounders.
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