Preventing deaths from pesticide self-poisoning—learning from Sri Lanka's success

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2017, Pages e651-e652

  Knipe, Duleeka W ^a,b   Gunnell, David ^a,b   Eddleston, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHOATE; ENDOSULFAN; FENTHION; METHAMIDOPHOS; MONOCROTOPHOS; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PARAQUAT; PARATHION; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CASE FATALITY RATE; COMMUNITY CARE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEATH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MARKETING; MORTALITY RATE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 85020405190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30208-5     Document Type: Note

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