Eddleston, M.; Juszczak, E.; Buckley, N.A.; Senarathna, L.; Mohamed, F.; Dissanayake, W.; Hittarage, A.; Azher, S.; Jeganathan, K.; Jayamanne, S.; Sheriff, M.R.; Warrell, D.A.; Ox-Col Poisoning Study collaborators
(Lancet Publishing Group, 2008)
BACKGROUND: The case-fatality for intentional self-poisoning in the rural developing world is 10-50-fold higher than that in industrialised countries, mostly because of the use of highly toxic pesticides and plants. We ...