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Preliminary investigation of the possible association between arsenic levels in drinking water and suicide mortality.
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Journal of affective disorders [J Affect Disord] 2015 Aug 15; Vol. 182, pp. 23-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 28. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background: Arsenic-contaminated drinking water (ACDW) represents a major global public health problem. A few previous studies suggested that consuming ACDW may be associated with elevated risk for depression.<br />Aim: Since depression is the most relevant risk factor for suicide, we hypothesized that consumption of ACDW may be also associated with suicide.<br />Method: To investigate this, we compared the age-standardized suicide rates (SSR) of 1639 Hungarian settlements with low (≤10μg/l), intermediate (11-30μg/l), high (31-50μg/l) and very high (≥51μg/l) levels of arsenic in drinking water.<br />Result: We found a positive association between SSR and consumption of ACDW.<br />Limitations: (1) we used aggregated (i.e., non-individual) data; (2) we have not adjusted our model for important medical and socio-demographic determinants of suicidal behavior; (3) we had no data on differences in bottled water consumption between settlements.<br />Conclusions: Our results indicate that in addition to its well-known adverse health effects, consumption of ACDW may also be associated with suicidal behavior.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Analysis of Variance
Environmental Exposure analysis
Environmental Exposure statistics & numerical data
Environmental Monitoring statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hungary
Risk
Risk Factors
Water Pollution, Chemical statistics & numerical data
Water Supply statistics & numerical data
Arsenic analysis
Drinking Water chemistry
Suicide statistics & numerical data
Water Pollutants, Chemical analysis
Water Pollution, Chemical analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-2517
- Volume :
- 182
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of affective disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25965691
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.034