ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2015
Acute air pollution exposure and risk of suicide completion.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The short-term effect of ambient particulate matter on suicide death.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Pooled it
- Suicide and Associations with Air Pollution and Ambient Temperature: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Association between particulate matter air pollution and risk of depression and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Air Pollution (Particulate Matter) Exposure and Associations with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Psychosis and Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2019Pooled it
- Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the risk of mental health problems of factory workers and miners.BMJ open · 2022Trial
- Influence of exposure to coarse, fine and ultrafine urban particulate matter and their biological constituents on neural biomarkers in a randomized controlled crossover study.Environment international · 2017Trial
- Intragenic deletions from whole genome sequencing of 1054 suicide deaths.Research square · 2026Article
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- Independent and interactive effects of wet bulb globe temperature and air pollution exposures on suicide mortality.Environment international · 2026Article
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- A systematic review of the association between climate change and suicidality reveals that climate indicators increase suicide rates.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Blowin' in the Wind: Smog and Suicidal Ideation among School-Age Children.China economic review · 2025Article
- Neurometabolomic impacts of wood smoke and protective benefits of anti-aging therapeutics in aged female C57BL/6J mice.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Article
- Fine particulate matter, suicide, and urbanicity in South Korea: A nationwide time-stratified cases-crossover study.iScience · 2025Article
- Atmospheric carbon monoxide and hospitalization for mental and behavioral disorders: insights from a longitudinal study in Shijiazhuang.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Airborne Exposure to Pollutants and Mental Health: A Review with Implications for United States Veterans.Current environmental health reports · 2024Review
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Abstract
Research into environmental factors associated with suicide has historically focused on meteorological variables. Recently, a heightened risk of suicide related to short-term exposure to airborne particulate matter was reported. Here, we examined the associations between short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide and completed suicide in Salt Lake County, Utah (n = 1,546) from 2000 to 2010. We used a time-stratified case-crossover design to estimate adjusted odds ratios for the relationship between suicide and exposure to air pollutants on the day of the suicide and during the days preceding the suicide. We observed maximum heightened odds of suicide associated with interquartile-range increases in nitrogen dioxide during cumulative lag 3 (average of the 3 days preceding suicide; odds ratio (OR) = 1.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04, 1.39) and fine particulate matter (diameter ≤2.5 μm) on lag day 2 (day 2 before suicide; OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.10). Following stratification by season, an increased suicide risk was associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide during the spring/fall transition period (OR = 1.35, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.66) and fine particulate matter in the spring (OR = 1.28, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.61) during cumulative lag 3. Findings of positive associations between air pollution and suicide appear to be consistent across study locations with vastly different meteorological, geographical, and cultural characteristics.
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