Changing epidemiologic patterns of deliberate self poisoning in a rural district of Sri Lanka

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Senarathna, Lalith ^a,b   Jayamanna, Shaluka F ^c   Kelly, Patrick J ^b   Buckley, Nick A ^a,d   Dibley, Michael J ^b   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PLANT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; THEVETIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARBAMATES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PESTICIDES; PLANTS, TOXIC; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; THEVETIA;

EID: 84864443499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-593     Document Type: Article

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