Restricting the means of suicide by charcoal burning.
Br J Psychiatry
; 196(3): 241-2, 2010 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20194548
ABSTRACT
We conducted an exploratory controlled trial to examine the efficacy of restricting access to charcoal in preventing suicides from carbon monoxide poisoning by charcoal burning in Hong Kong. All charcoal packs were removed from the open shelves of major retail outlets in the intervention region for 12 months; in the control region, charcoal packs were displayed as usual. The suicide rate from charcoal burning was reduced by a statistically significant margin in the intervention region (P<0.05) but not in the control region. We observed no significant change in the suicide rate using other methods in either location.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Intoxicação por Monóxido de Carbono
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Carvão Vegetal
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Prevenção do Suicídio
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hong Kong