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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...
Autores principales: | Hawton, Keith, Bergen, Helen, Simkin, Sue, Arensman, Ella, Corcoran, Paul, Cooper, Jayne, Waters, Keith, Gunnell, David, Kapur, Navneet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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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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