CellWell record HH-47100
Too early to add lithium to drinking water? No association between lithium and suicides in a pre-registered Swiss study
Pichler EM; Fartacek C; Miller-Doebeling B; Walter M; Plöderl M
Journal of affective disorders · 2024
In plain language
In a pre-registered Swiss study of 1,043 municipalities spanning 1981 to 2021, no significant association was found between drinking-water lithium levels and suicide rates, contradicting earlier ecological findings from other countries.
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