https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635817| Title: | Surveillance of pesticide poisoning in an East and a West Malaysian hospital: characteristics of pesticide poisoning and the early impact of a national Paraquat ban | Authors: | Chan, Lai Fong Chin, Song Jie Loo, Tsui Huei Panirselvam, Ravivarma Rao SHU-SEN CHANG Chang, Hwei Yuen Mokhzani, Anissa Raudhah Rahman, Farynna Hana Ab Utyasheva, Leah Eddleston, Michael |
Keywords: | Paraquat ban; Pesticide poisoning; Self-poisoning; Suicide prevention | Issue Date: | 28-Jun-2023 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Journal Volume: | 23 | Journal Issue: | 1 | Source: | BMC psychiatry | Abstract: | Previous studies have shown that pesticide bans were associated with reduced fatal pesticide self-poisoning cases in high, and low-and-middle-income countries. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of pesticide poisoning patients admitted to two Malaysian hospitals and the early impact of the national paraquat ban implemented on 1st January 2020 in a culturally heterogenous South-East-Asian upper-middle-income setting. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635817 | ISSN: | 1471-244X | DOI: | 10.1186/s12888-023-04974-8 |
| Appears in Collections: | 健康行為與社區科學研究所 |
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