Case fatality of agricultural pesticides after self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pesticide poisoning is among the most common means of suicide globally, but can be prevented with regulation of the most hazardous agents. We aimed to compare the lethality of pesticides ingested by our cohort, seek evidence on variation between human and regulatory animal toxicity, and establish change over time in the case fatality of individual pesticides in Sri Lanka.

Methods

We examined the case fatality of agricultural pesticides in a prospective cohort in nine hospitals serving rural populations in Sri Lanka. We included all patients (>11 years) who had presented to a South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration study hospital during the study period. Patients were enrolled by clinical research assistants and were regularly reviewed. Identificatio

SUBMITTER: Buckley NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8131203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature