Suicide prevention through means restriction: impact of the 2008-2011 pesticide restrictions on suicide in Sri Lanka - Knipe DW, Chang SS, Dawson A, Eddleston M, Konradsen F, Metcalfe C, Gunnell D.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of 3-year phased bans of the pesticides dimethoate and fenthion in 2008-2010, and paraquat in 2009-2011, on suicide mortality in Sri Lanka. METHODS: Age-standardised overall, sex-specific, and method-specific su...
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