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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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| 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 |