Impact of paraquat regulation on suicide in South Korea.

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Abstract

Ingestion of pesticides (mainly paraquat) accounted for one-fifth of suicides in South Korea in 2006-10. We investigated the effect on suicide mortality of regulatory action, culminating in a ban on paraquat in South Korea in 2011-12.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Epidemiol

Title: International journal of epidemiology

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1464-3685

ISSN (Print): 0300-5771

Publication date (Electronic): April 2016

Volume: 45

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

[2 ] Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, and Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

[3 ] School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

[4 ] South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK and.

[5 ] Department of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, South Korea.

[6 ] Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, leewj@korea.ac.kr.

Article

Publisher Item ID: dyv304

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv304

PubMed ID: 26582846

SO-VID: eb166520-e355-4bd9-9015-53f36d660761

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Keywords: pesticides,legislation,intervention,intentional poisoning,Death

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Keywords: pesticides, legislation, intervention, intentional poisoning, Death

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