Citation

Nicole W. Environ. Health Perspect. 2020; 128(7): e74005.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

DOI

10.1289/EHP6791

PMID

32716649

Abstract

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...

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