Paraquat prohibition and change in the suicide rate and methods in South Korea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Myung, Woojae ^a,b,c   Lee, Geung Hee ^b   Won, Hong Hee ^c   Fava, Maurizio ^d   Mischoulon, David ^d   Nyer, Maren ^d   Kim, Doh Kwan ^a   Heo, Jung Yoon ^a   Jeon, Hong Jin ^a,d,e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARAQUAT POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; PARAQUAT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84932621951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128980     Document Type: Article

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