Patterns of hospital transfer for self-poisoned patients in rural Sri Lanka: Implications for estimating the incidence of self-poisoning in the developing world

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-282

  Eddleston, Michael ^a,b   Sudarshan, K ^b   Senthilkumaran, M ^b   Reginald, K ^b   Karalliedde, Lakshman ^c   Senarathna, Lalith ^b   De Silva, Dhammika ^d   Sheriff, M H Rezvi ^b   Buckley, Nick A ^e   Gunnell, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Office of the Provincial Director of Health Services   (Sri Lanka)

^e Canberra Clinical School   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted trends; Poisoning epidemiology; Referral and consultation; Sri Lanka; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

HOSPITAL SECTOR; RURAL SOCIETY; SUICIDE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; POISONING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

NERIUM;

EID: 33645534585     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.025379     Document Type: Article

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