Impact of different pack sizes of paracetamol in the United Kingdom and Ireland on intentional overdoses: a comparative study

BACKGROUND: In order to reduce fatal self-poisoning legislation was introduced in the UK in 1998 to restrict pack sizes of paracetamol sold in pharmacies (maximum 32 tablets) and non-pharmacy outlets (maximum 16 tablets), and in Ireland in 2001, but with smaller maximum pack sizes (24 and 12 tablets...

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Autores principales: Hawton, Keith, Bergen, Helen, Simkin, Sue, Arensman, Ella, Corcoran, Paul, Cooper, Jayne, Waters, Keith, Gunnell, David, Kapur, Navneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21663604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-460

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21663604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-460

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