@article{ref1,
title="Social and economic variables related with Paraquat self-poisoning: an ecological study",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2020",
author="Buendía, Jefferson Antonio and Restrepo Chavarriaga, Gabriel Jaime and Zuluaga, Andrés F.",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="e404-e404",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Paraquat self-poisonings constitute a significant contributor to the global burden of suicide. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between social and economic variables with the incidence of self-poisoning with Paraquat in the northeast of Colombia. <br><br>METHODS: Records of 154 cases of self-poisoning with Paraquat and several socio-economic variables of six regions of northeast of Colombia were analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Most of the cases were mestizos, farmworkers, between 20 and 29 years, with intentional exposure using the oral route. Multivariate analyses revealed significant associations among the incidence of self-poisoning with PQ with the ecological factors such as poverty greater than 30% (IRR 15.9 IC95% 5.56-44.72), land Gini index < 0.7 (IRR 7.11 IC95% 3.58-14.12), private health insurance < 40% (IRR 3.39 IC95% 1.30-8.82) and planted area > 10% (IRR 2.47 IC95% 1.60-3.80). <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a relationship between ecological factors and, as such, this study opens the way to further developments in the field.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-020-08510-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08510-1"
}