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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2023

Ambient temperature and air pollution associations with suicide and homicide mortality in California: A statewide case-crossover study.

Md Mostafijur Rahman, Melissa Lorenzo, George Ban-Weiss, Zainab Hasan, Mehjar Azzouz, Sandrah P Eckel, David V Conti, Fred Lurmann, Hannah Schlaerth, Jill Johnston and 7 more

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Md Mostafijur RahmanDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Melissa LorenzoDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
George Ban-WeissDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Zainab HasanDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mehjar AzzouzOccupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sandrah P EckelDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David V ContiDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Fred LurmannSonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA, USA.
Hannah SchlaerthDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jill JohnstonDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Joseph KoDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lawrence PalinkasDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michael HurlburtSuzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sam SilvaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
W James GaudermanDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Rob McConnellDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Erika GarciaDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: garc991@usc.edu.

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES007048 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ROB S MCCONNELL · 1996 to 2026
$46.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigher ambient temperature and air pollution may contribute to increased risk of behaviors harmful to oneself or to others; however, quantitative evidence is limited. We examined the relationship of deaths due to suicide and homicide with temperature and air pollution in California-a state prone to high levels of both exposures.

methodCalifornia death certificates from 2014 to 2019 were used to identify deaths due to suicide and homicide. Residential data for decedents were used to assign exposure to daily temperature (maximum[T

resultsWe observed 24,387 deaths due to suicide and 10,767 deaths due to homicide. We found a monotonic temperature association for both outcomes. A 5 °C increase in T

conclusionRisk of suicide and homicide mortality increases with increasing daily ambient temperatures. Findings have public health relevance given anticipated increases in temperatures due to global climate change.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionOzoneSuicideAgedCross-Over StudiesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHomicideHumansMaleNitrogen DioxideParticulate MatterTemperatureAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideOzoneParticulate MatterAir pollutionHomicideMortalitySuicideTemperature

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PMID36858215
PMCPMC10465171

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