Vendor-based restrictions on pesticide sales to prevent pesticide self-poisoning - a pilot study.

Manjula WeerasingheFlemming KonradsenMichael EddlestonMelissa PearsonShaluka JayamanneDavid GunnellKeith HawtonSuneth Agampodi

Published in: BMC public health (2018)

Our study suggests that vendor-based sales restriction in regions with high rates of self-poisoning has the potential to reduce access to pesticides for self-poisoning. A large-scale study of the effectiveness and sustainability of this approach is needed.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
high resolution
climate change
mass spectrometry
human health
liquid chromatography
life cycle