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Editorial
. 2006 Sep:189:201-3.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.020834.

Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response

J M Bertolote, A Fleischmann, M Eddleston, D Gunnell
Editorial

Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response

J M Bertolote et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

Self-poisoning with pesticides accounts for about a third of all suicides worldwide. To tackle this problem, the World Health Organization announced a global public health initiative in the second half of 2005. Planned approaches were to range from government regulatory action to the development of new treatments for pesticide poisoning. With broad-based support, this strategy should have a major impact on the global burden of suicide.

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  • Self-poisoning with pesticides in India.
    Alex R, Prasad J, Kuruvilla A, Jacob KS. Alex R, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;190:274-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.190.3.274a. Br J Psychiatry. 2007. PMID: 17329761 No abstract available.

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