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The role of private pesticide vendors in preventing access to pesticides for self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka

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  • Manjula Weerasinghe South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Melissa Pearson South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ravi Peiris South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew H Dawson South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka NSW Poisons Information Service, Westmead Childrens Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Eddleston South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, UK Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shaluka Jayamanne South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Suneth Agampodi Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Flemming Konradsen South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Manjula Weerasinghe, Faculty of Medicine, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka; manjugaya{at}yahoo.com
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Weerasinghe M, Pearson M, Peiris R, et al
The role of private pesticide vendors in preventing access to pesticides for self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka
Injury Prevention 2014;20:134-137.

Publication history

  • Received December 27, 2012
  • Revised April 22, 2013
  • Accepted April 29, 2013
  • First published June 4, 2013.
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May 13, 2016

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