Suicide by pesticide ingestion in Nepal and the impact of pesticide regulation

BACKGROUND: Nepal recorded 5754 suicides in 2018–19 - a high number for a relatively small country. Over 24% of these suicides were by poisoning, most by ingestion of highly concentrated agricultural pesticides. Nepal has actively regulated pesticides to reduce their health impacts since 2001. We ai...

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Autores principales: Utyasheva, Leah, Sharma, Dilli, Ghimire, Rakesh, Karunarathne, Ayanthi, Robertson, Gael, Eddleston, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8201746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34120596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11155-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8201746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34120596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11155-3

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