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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Published inBritish journal of psychiatry Vol. 189; no. 3; pp. 201 - 203
Main Authors Bertolote, J. M., Fleischmann, A., Eddleston, M., Gunnell, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2006
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Editorial
Global Health
Humans
Pesticides - poisoning
Suicide - trends
Suicide Prevention
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Summary: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