Open AccessPesticide poisoning in non-fatal deliberate self-harm: A public health issue: Study from Sundarban delta, India
Author(s) -
Arabinda N. Chowdhury,
Sohini Banerjee,
Arabinda Brahma,
M. K. Biswas
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.37666
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , public health , harm , occupational safety and health , poison control , agriculture , suicide prevention , focus group , injury prevention , socioeconomics , geography , psychology , nursing , business , social psychology , archaeology , pathology , marketing , sociology
Non-fatal deliberate self-harm (DSH), particularly with pesticides, is a major public health problem in many developing countries of the world. Agriculture is the primary occupation of most people living in the Sundarban region in West Bengal, India. Pesticides are extensively used in agriculture, and these agents are most frequently used in DSH.