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SUBMITTER: Weerasinghe M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3963527 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 20130604 2
In 15% to 20% of self-poisoning cases, the pesticides used are purchased from shops just prior to ingestion. We explored how pesticide vendors interacted with customers at risk of self-poisoning to identify interventions to prevent such poisonings. Two strategies were specifically discussed: selling pesticides only to farmers bearing identity cards or customers bearing pesticide 'prescriptions'. Vendors reported refusing to sell pesticides to people thought to be at risk of self-poisoning, but a ...[more]