The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gunnell, David ^a,b   Eddleston, Michael ^b,c   Phillips, Michael R ^d,e   Konradsen, Flemming ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

DRUG INTOXICATION; EMBASE; FATALITY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE POISONING; REVIEW; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SAFETY; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40349083695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-357     Document Type: Review

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