Trends of poisoning types in Sri Lanka: descriptive analysis of hospital admissions data 2004–2019
The implementation of national bans of HHPs led to a reduction in number of admissions as well as CF due to pesticide poisoning in hospitals in Sri Lanka, with no evidence of substitution to other types of poisonings. The reversal of the upward trend in hospital admissions due to pesticide and medicinal poisonings suggests that the bans contributed to a reduction in admissions from these types of poisoning.
Authors
- Bruna Rubbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-8601)
- P. H. G. J. Pushpakumara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-4397)
- Duleeka Knipe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-7635)
- Michael Eddleston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6857-3441)
- Thilini Rajapakse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-4666)
- Chris Metcalfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-8907)
- Lalith Senarathna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-5788)
Institutions
- University of Peradeniya (LK)
- At Bristol (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (LK)
- Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (LK)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24349-w
- Primary Topic
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00