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Suicides and pesticides in Sri Lanka.

L R Berger1.   

Abstract

Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world (29 per 100,000 population in 1980). Suicides are especially frequent among young adults, both male and female. Compared to the US, the suicide rate for males ages 15 to 24 years in Sri Lanka is nearly four times greater; the female rate nearly 13 times greater. The most common mode of suicide is ingestion of liquid pesticides.

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Year:  1988        PMID: 3381961      PMCID: PMC1350344          DOI: 10.2105/ajph.78.7.826

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Public Health        ISSN: 0090-0036            Impact factor:   9.308


  4 in total

1.  Accidents in children, adolescents and young adults: a major public health problem.

Authors:  M Manciaux; C J Romer
Journal:  World Health Stat Q       Date:  1986

2.  Survey of pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka.

Authors:  J Jeyaratnam; R S de Alwis Seneviratne; J F Copplestone
Journal:  Bull World Health Organ       Date:  1982       Impact factor: 9.408

3.  The distribution of sex and age among completed suicides: a cross-national study.

Authors:  D Lester
Journal:  Int J Soc Psychiatry       Date:  1982

4.  Validity and reliability of trends in suicide statistics.

Authors:  P Sainsbury
Journal:  World Health Stat Q       Date:  1983
  4 in total
  9 in total

1.  Psychological autopsy study of suicide in three rural and semi-rural districts of Sri Lanka.

Authors:  Ranil Abeyasinghe; David Gunnell
Journal:  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol       Date:  2008-02-05       Impact factor: 4.328

2.  Injury research and violence: what's our contribution?

Authors:  F P Rivara
Journal:  Inj Prev       Date:  1996-12       Impact factor: 2.399

3.  Suicide attempts by agricultural chemicals.

Authors:  T Sato; M Takeichi; T Hara
Journal:  Indian J Psychiatry       Date:  1993-10       Impact factor: 1.759

4.  Use of paracetamol for suicide and non-fatal poisoning in the UK and France: are restrictions on availability justified?

Authors:  D Gunnell; K Hawton; V Murray; R Garnier; C Bismuth; J Fagg; S Simkin
Journal:  J Epidemiol Community Health       Date:  1997-04       Impact factor: 3.710

5.  Age and gender related analysis of psychosocial factors in attempted suicide.

Authors:  P N Kumar
Journal:  Indian J Psychiatry       Date:  1998-10       Impact factor: 1.759

Review 6.  Suicide by intentional ingestion of pesticides: a continuing tragedy in developing countries.

Authors:  David Gunnell; Michael Eddleston
Journal:  Int J Epidemiol       Date:  2003-12       Impact factor: 7.196

7.  A study of hopelessness, suicidal intent and depession in cases of attempted suicide.

Authors:  V Jain; H Singh; S C Gupta; S Kumar
Journal:  Indian J Psychiatry       Date:  1999-04       Impact factor: 1.759

8.  Attempted suicide in himachal pradesh.

Authors:  R C Sharma
Journal:  Indian J Psychiatry       Date:  1998-01       Impact factor: 1.759

Review 9.  Characteristics of non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a systematic review.

Authors:  Thilini Rajapakse; Kathleen Margaret Griffiths; Helen Christensen
Journal:  BMC Public Health       Date:  2013-04-10       Impact factor: 3.295

  9 in total

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