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Suicide prevention through means restriction: Impact of the 2008-2011 pesticide restrictions on suicide in Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of 3-year phased bans of the pesticides dimethoate and fenthion in 2008–2010, and paraquat in 2009–2011, on suicide mortality in Sri Lanka. METHODS: Age-standardised overall, sex-specific, and method-specific suicide rates were calculated using Sri Lankan police...

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Autores principales: Knipe, Duleeka W., Chang, Shu-Sen, Dawson, Andrew, Eddleston, Michael, Konradsen, Flemming, Metcalfe, Chris, Gunnell, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5338785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28264041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172893