A central storage facility to reduce pesticide suicides - A feasibility study from India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vijayakumar, Lakshmi ^a,b,c   Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan ^d   Kumar, Shuba ^e   Mohanraj, Rani ^e   Devika, Shanmugasundaram ^d   Manikandan, Sarojini ^f  

^a The Voluntary Health Services Chennai   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Samarth   (India)

^f Raju Nursing Home   (India)

Author keywords

Centralized storage facility; Community intervention; Pesticides; Suicide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACKAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SAFETY; SECURITY MEASURES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883825956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-850     Document Type: Article

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