Altitude, Immigration and Suicide Rates: A Study from Turkey

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Abstract

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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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Psychiatry Investig

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Psychiatry Investig

Journal ID (publisher-id): PI

Title: Psychiatry Investigation

Publisher: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association

ISSN (Print): 1738-3684

ISSN (Electronic): 1976-3026

Publication date (Print): March 2013

Publication date (Electronic): 25 January 2013

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Pages: 89-91

Affiliations

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Author notes

Correspondence: Salih Selek, MD. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34700 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90216-566 40 00, Fax: +90216-602 28 00, drselek@ 123456yahoo.com

Article

DOI: 10.4306/pi.2013.10.1.89

PMC ID: 3590437

PubMed ID: 23483070

SO-VID: 32f40c02-ef1b-4433-8429-c8065bc513fd

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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.

History

Date received : 24 September 2011

Date revision received : 18 January 2012

Date accepted : 27 September 2012

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