Suicide by pesticide ingestion in Nepal and the impact of pesticide regulation

• Hlavní autoři: Leah Utyasheva (Autor), Dilli Sharma (Autor), Rakesh Ghimire (Autor), Ayanthi Karunarathne (Autor), Gael Robertson (Autor), Michael Eddleston (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Abstract 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 200...