Epidemic of self-poisoning with seeds of the yellow oleander tree (Thevetia peruviana) in northern Sri Lanka.

Deliberate self-harm is an important problem in the developing world. Ingestion of yellow oleander seeds (Thevetia peruviana) has recently become a popular method of self-harm in northern Sri Lanka -- there are now thousands of cases each year. These seeds contain cardiac glycosides that cause vomit...

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Hlavní autoři: Eddleston, M, Ariaratnam, C, Meyer, W, Perera, G, Kularatne, A, Attapattu, S, Sheriff, M, Warrell, D
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 1999