Effects of a provincial ban of two toxic organophosphorus insecticides on pesticide poisoning hospital admissions

BACKGROUND. Pesticide self-poisoning causes one third of global suicides. Sri Lanka halved its suicide rate by banning WHO Class I organophosphorus (OP) insecticides and then endosulfan. However, poisoning with Class II toxicity OPs, particularly dimethoate and fenthion, remains a problem. We aimed...

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Autores principales: Eddleston, Michael, Adhikari, Sriyantha, Egodage, Samitha, Ranganath, Hasantha, Mohamed, Fahim, Manuweera, Gamini, Azher, Shifa, Jayamanne, Shaluka, Juzczak, Edmund, Sheriff, MH Rezvi, Dawson, Andrew H., Buckley, Nick A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22372788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2012.660573

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22372788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2012.660573

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