Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008-2014 pesticide bans

Manjula Weerasinghe; Melissa Pearson; Flemming Konradsen; Suneth Agampodi; J. A. Sumith; Shaluka Jayamanne; S. M. H. M. K. Senanayake; Sandamali Rajapaksha; Michael Eddleston

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08871-7

Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008-2014 pesticide bans

Manjula Weerasinghe, Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, Suneth Agampodi, J. A. Sumith, Shaluka Jayamanne, S. M. H. M. K. Senanayake, Sandamali Rajapaksha, Michael Eddleston

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Original language	English
Article number	780
Journal	B M C Public Health
Volume	20
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1471-2458
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08871-7
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Pesticide
Pesticide regulation
Self-poisoning
Suicide
Sri Lanka

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Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008-2014 pesticide bans. / Weerasinghe, Manjula; Pearson, Melissa; Konradsen, Flemming; Agampodi, Suneth; Sumith, J. A.; Jayamanne, Shaluka; Senanayake, S. M. H. M. K.; Rajapaksha, Sandamali; Eddleston, Michael.

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