Case fatality of agricultural pesticides after self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Nicholas A Buckley, ProfMD (Author), Mohamed Fahim, PhD (Author), Jacques Raubenheimer, PhD (Author), Indika B Gawarammana, ProfPhD (Author), Michael Eddleston, ProfPhD (Author), Michael S Roberts, ProfPhD (Author), Andrew H Dawson, ProfFRCP (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Pesticide poisoning is among the most common means of suicide globally, but can be prevented with regulation of the most hazardous agents. We aimed to compare the lethality of pesticides ingested by our cohort, seek evidence on variation between human and regulatory animal toxic...