
@article{ref1,
title="Suicide attempts by agricultural chemicals",
journal="Indian journal of psychiatry",
year="1993",
author="Sato, T. and Takeichi, M. and Hara, T.",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="209-210",
abstract="Forty three patients (42%) used agricultural chemicals as a method of suicide over nine and a half years (from Oct. 1981 to March 1991), and most cases were reported in June (agricultural activity) and December (year's end). The highest prevalence was inpatients in their fifties (34.9%). 58.1% of these patients who committed suicide were farmers or had no fixed occupation. Main precipitating factor was difficulties in interpersonal relationships (30.9%), and the largest number of patients (25.6%) were diagnosed as having manic-depressive psychosis, depressed type.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-5545",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}