Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Background <br/> Agricultural pesticide self-poisoning is a major public health problem in rural Asia. The use of safer household pesticide storage has been promoted to prevent deaths, but there is no evidence of effectiveness. We aimed to test the effectiveness of lockable household containe...

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Main Authors: Pearson, M, Metcalfe, C, Jayamanne, S, Gunnell, D, Weerasinghe, M, Pieris, R, Priyadarshana, C, Knipe, D, Hawton, K, Dawson, A, Bandara, P, deSilva, D, Gawarammana, I, Eddleston, M, Konradsen, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Lancet 2017