This report describes the characteristics of patients with acute pesticide poisoning in a rural
area of Sri Lanka and, for intentional self‐poisoning cases, explores the relative importance …

Background. Acute poisoning, especially deliberate self-poisoning with agricultural
pesticides, is an emerging global public health problem, but reliable incidence estimates are …

This study included a sample survey of the clinical records of patients admitted to the
different hospitals in Sri Lanka, and showed that approximately 13 000 patients are admitted …

Since the middle of the last century, pesticides have become an integral component of the
world's attempt to increase agricultural output and decrease vector-borne disease. However …

OBJECTIVES: To assess in a developing Asian country the impact of pesticide regulation on
the number of deaths from poisoning. These regulations, which were implemented in Sri …

Acute pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in Sri Lanka. In several
agricultural districts, it precedes all other causes of death in government hospitals. Most of …

Background. Although intentional self-poisoning is a major public health problem in rural
parts of the Asia-Pacific region, relatively little is known of its epidemiology. We aimed to …

Summary Objective Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, southern India, records> 1000
pesticide poisoning cases each year and hundreds of deaths. We aimed to describe their …

We investigated the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka by
prospectively recording 2189 admissions to two secondary hospitals. Many patients were …

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Brazil
in 1992 clearly recognized the need for sound management of chemicals for the protection …