Open AccessThe effects of detoxification of domestic gas on suicide in the United States.
Author(s) -
David Lester
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.1.80
Subject(s) - suicide rates , per capita , suicide prevention , environmental health , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , medicine , demography , population , sociology , pathology
As domestic gas was detoxified in the United States, the rate of suicide by domestic gas decreased. During this time period (1950-60), there was a parallel increase in the per capita ownership of cars and an accompanying increase in the rate of suicide by motor vehicle exhaust. However, displacement of suicide method from domestic gas to car exhaust occurred only for males and not for females.