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Vendor-based restrictions on pesticide sales to prevent pesticide self-poisoning - a pilot study
BACKGROUND: In South Asia, up to 20% of people ingesting pesticides for self-poisoning purchase the pesticide from a shop with the sole intention of self-harm. Individuals who are intoxicated with alcohol and/or non-farmers represent 72% of such high-risk individuals. We aimed to test the feasibilit...
Autores principales: | Weerasinghe, Manjula, Konradsen, Flemming, Eddleston, Michael, Pearson, Melissa, Jayamanne, Shaluka, Gunnell, David, Hawton, Keith, Agampodi, Suneth |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819692/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5178-2 |
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