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The role of private pesticide vendors in preventing access to pesticides for self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka
In 15% to 20% of self-poisoning cases, the pesticides used are purchased from shops just prior to ingestion. We explored how pesticide vendors interacted with customers at risk of self-poisoning to identify interventions to prevent such poisonings. Two strategies were specifically discussed: selling...
Autores principales: | Weerasinghe, Manjula, Pearson, Melissa, Peiris, Ravi, Dawson, Andrew H, Eddleston, Michael, Jayamanne, Shaluka, Agampodi, Suneth, Konradsen, Flemming |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23736739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040748 |
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