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Review
. 2004 Jan 3;328(7430):42-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7430.42.

Self poisoning with pesticides

Michael Eddleston  1 , Michael R Phillips
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Review

Self poisoning with pesticides

Michael Eddleston et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

WHO's recent recommendations on reducing deaths from self harm will not help cut the high death rate from self poisoning in the Asia Pacific region

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Toxic pesticides are readily accessible in farming households of the developing world
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Comparison of methods used for fatal self harm in England and Wales, Australia, and Asia. Data for England and Wales (n=3480)w1 and Australia (n=2683)w2 are national, presenting only confirmed suicides; Data for Jaffna, Sri Lanka, (n=612) are from a review of coroner's records;w3 and for China; (n=519) from a national study
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