Deliberate self-harm and suicide by pesticide ingestion in the Sundarban region, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Banerjee, Sohini ^a,b   Chowdhury, Arabinda Narayan ^a   Schelling, Esther ^b   Brahma, Arabinda ^a   Biswas, Mrinal Kanti ^a   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b  

^a Institute of Psychiatry   (India)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Mental health; Pesticide; Suicide; Sundarban

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGE CLASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; SUICIDE; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETHALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 60349124560     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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