Epidemic of self‐poisoning with seeds of the yellow oleander tree (Thevetia peruviana) in northern Sri Lanka
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- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 4 (4) , 266-273
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00397.x
Abstract
Summary Deliberate self‐harm is an important problem in the developing world. Ingestion of yellow oleander seeds (Thevetia peruviana) has recently become a popular method of self‐harm in northern Sri...Keywords
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