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Effects of a provincial ban of two toxic organophosphorus insecticides on pesticide poisoning hospital admissions

Michael EddlestonClinical Pharmacology Unit, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh UK;National Poisons Information Service - Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK;South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri LankaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sriyantha AdhikariOx-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Samitha EgodageOx-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Hasantha RanganathOx-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Fahim MohamedSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Gamini ManuweeraOffice of the Pesticide Registrar, Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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Shifa AzherPolonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Shaluka JayamanneSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
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Edmund JuzczakCentre for Statistics in Medicine, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, England
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MH Rezvi SheriffSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Andrew H. DawsonSouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;NSW Poisons Information Centre, Childrens Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia
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Nick A. BuckleySouth Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;The Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Pages 202-209 | Received 24 Dec 2011, Accepted 20 Jan 2012, Published online: 29 Feb 2012

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