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The early impact of paraquat ban on suicide in Taiwan

Shu-Sen Changa Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;b Psychiatric Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chien-Yu Lina Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;c Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-8730View further author information
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Ming-Been Leed Taiwanese Society of Suicidology and National Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Taipei, Taiwan;e Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan;f Department of Psychiatry, Shin-Kong Wu-Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanView further author information
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Lih-Jong Sheng Department of Mental and Oral Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, TaiwanView further author information
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David Gunnellh Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK;i National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston National Health Service Foundation Trust, Bristol, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0829-6470View further author information
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Michael Eddlestonj Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;k South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;l Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Therapeutics, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKView further author information
Pages 131-135 | Received 25 Mar 2021, Accepted 27 May 2021, Published online: 21 Jun 2021

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