CellWell record HH-47096
Lithium in drinking water and suicide prevention: The largest nationwide epidemiological study from Japan
Kugimiya T; Ishii N; Kohno K; Kanehisa M; Hatano K; Hirakawa H; Terao T
Bipolar disorders ยท 2021
In plain language
In the largest nationwide Japanese study of 808 cities, higher drinking-water lithium levels were inversely associated with total and male suicide rates, with lower rates seen at concentrations of 30 micrograms per liter or more.
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- Observational study
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