Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response

Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of psychiatry 2006-09, Vol.189 (3), p.201-203
Hauptverfasser: Bertolote, J. M., Fleischmann, A., Eddleston, M., Gunnell, D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Editorial
Global Health
Humans
Pesticides - poisoning
Suicide - trends
Suicide Prevention
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.105.020834