Self-poisoning with pesticides in India

Bertolote et al ([2006][1]) report the global response to deaths from pesticide poisoning. Suicide rates in southern India have been reported to be high ([Joseph et al , 2003][2]; [Aaron et al , 2004][3]; [Abraham et al , 2005][4]; [Prasad et al , 2006][5]), with 1741 suicides documented in a