. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Dec 8.

Published in final edited form as: Bull World Health Organ. 2004 Jan 20;81(11):789–798.

Table 1.

Influence of availability of poisons and effects on mortality

Pesticide	Location	Action	Outcome	Reference
Endrin	Bengal, India	Restrictions on use imposed	Decrease in the number of self-harm pesticide deaths but no change in number of total self-harm deaths	⁹
Parathion	Jordan	Banned	Reduction in number of self-harm deaths due to pesticides	⁴⁴
Parathion	Rosario, Argentina	Banned	Reduction in all poisoning deaths	^45,46
Paraquat	Samoa	Restricted availability	Reduction in all poisoning deaths	⁴⁷