An urgent need to restrict access to pesticides based on human lethality.
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 21048989.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000358 and PMC identifier 2964339.
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Abstract
Matthew Miller and Kavi Bhalla discuss new research findings from Andrew Dawson and colleagues on the human toxicity of pesticides in Sri Lanka, and call for urgent reclassification of agricultural pesticides to help reduce suicides by poisonings.
Medical subject headings
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Pesticides
- Poisoning