Identification of strategies to prevent death after pesticide self-poisoning using a Haddon matrix

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 333-337

  Eddleston, M ^a,b,c,d   Buckley, N A ^c,e   Gunnell, D ^f   Dawson, A H ^c,g   Konradsen, F ^c,h  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

AUTOMUTILATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33750380393     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012641     Document Type: Review

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