Pesticide self-poisoning: thinking outside the box

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9557, 2007, Pages 169-170

  Konradsen, Flemming ^a,b   Dawson, Andrew H ^b,c   Eddleston, Michael ^b,d   Gunnell, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846202469     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60085-3     Document Type: Note

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