Erratum: Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial (The Lancet (2017) 390(10105) (1863–1872) (S014067361731961X) (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31961-X));Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10105, 2017, Pages 1863-1872

  Pearson, Melissa ^a,b   Metcalfe, Chris ^c   Jayamanne, Shaluka ^b,d   Gunnell, David ^b,c   Weerasinghe, Manjula ^b,e   Pieris, Ravi ^b   Priyadarshana, Chamil ^b   Knipe, Duleeka W ^b,c   Hawton, Keith ^f   Dawson, Andrew H ^b,g   Bandara, Palitha ^h   deSilva, Dhammika ^h   Gawarammana, Indika ^b   Eddleston, Michael ^a,b   Konradsen, Flemming ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h Provincial Department of Health Services   (Sri Lanka)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECONTAMINATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE SELF POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT; AGRICULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RURAL POPULATION; SECURITY MEASURES; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 85028047342     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33089-1     Document Type: Erratum

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