Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the altitude, immigration and suicide rates association in Turkey. METHODS: Suicide and immigration rates of 81 provinces and their elevation data were obtained. RESULTS: There were not significant correlations between country elevation, immigration and mean suicide rate. C...

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Autor principal: Selek, Salih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2013
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483070
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2013.10.1.89
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description OBJECTIVE: To investigate the altitude, immigration and suicide rates association in Turkey. METHODS: Suicide and immigration rates of 81 provinces and their elevation data were obtained. RESULTS: There were not significant correlations between country elevation, immigration and mean suicide rate. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study points out that altitude related hypoxia and suicide association may not be generalized and further research will be needed to clarify the effects of altitude on suicide rates.
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spelling pubmed-35904372013-03-12 Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey Selek, Salih Psychiatry Investig Brief Report OBJECTIVE: To investigate the altitude, immigration and suicide rates association in Turkey. METHODS: Suicide and immigration rates of 81 provinces and their elevation data were obtained. RESULTS: There were not significant correlations between country elevation, immigration and mean suicide rate. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study points out that altitude related hypoxia and suicide association may not be generalized and further research will be needed to clarify the effects of altitude on suicide rates. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2013-03 2013-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3590437/ /pubmed/23483070 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2013.10.1.89 Text en Copyright © 2013 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey
title_full Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey
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title_full_unstemmed Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey
title_short Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey
title_sort altitude, immigration and suicide rates: a study from turkey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23483070
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