Does Restricting Pack Size of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Reduce Suicides?
Author(s) -
Nicholas A. Buckley,
David Gunnell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040152
Subject(s) - acetaminophen , medicine , poison control , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , pharmacology
The authors discuss a new study that examined the change in deaths attributed to paracetamol poisoning in England and Wales in the six years before and after a legislated reduction in the maximum pack size.
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