Self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: Small-area variations in incidence

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Manuel, Celie ^a,c   Gunnell, David J ^b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Dawson, Andrew ^c,d   Wijeratne, Ishika K ^e   Konradsen, Flemming ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e Urban Development Authority Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PESTICIDE POISONING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF POISONING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INTOXICATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RURAL HEALTH; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 40349114241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-26     Document Type: Article

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