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ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION

Relationships of local lithium concentrations in drinking water to regional suicide rates in Italy

Maurizio PompiliDepartment of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Monica VichiNational Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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Enrico DinelliDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Roger PychaDepartment of Psychiatry, Brunico, Italy
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Paolo ValeraDepartment of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, CagliariItaly
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Stefano AlbaneseDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Annamaria LimaDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Benedetto De VivoDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Domenico CicchellaDepartment of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
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Andrea FiorilloDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
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Mario AmoreDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Paolo GirardiDepartment of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Ross J. BaldessariniDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Pages 567-574 | Received 30 Jan 2015, Accepted 05 Jun 2015, Published online: 31 Jul 2015

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