Suicide accounts for more than 40,000 deaths in the US each year, making it one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the country. While psychological factors such as stress, anxiety and depression are known drivers of suicide, a new study claims to have found evidence of a more surprising risk factor: exposure to air pollution.
ScienceQ publishing Group 2015-07-01
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The researchers, including Amanda Bakian, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, publish their findings in The American Journal of Epidemiology. This is not the first study to find a link between air pollution and increased risk of suicide. A 2010 studypublished in The American Journal of … Continue reading Suicide accounts for more than 40,000 deaths in the US each year, making it one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the country. While psychological factors such as stress, anxiety and depression are known drivers of suicide, a new study claims to have found evidence of a more surprising risk factor: exposure to air pollution. →