@article{ref1,
title="A lethal cocktail - shining a light on the relationship between alcohol use and pesticide self-poisoning",
journal="Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)",
year="2023",
author="Schölin, Lisa and Sørensen, Jane Brandt and Eddleston, Michael",
volume="61",
number="8",
pages="581-583",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Alcohol and pesticides are toxic substances that each cause acute and chronic harm to humans. Alcohol plays an important and complex role in pesticide self-poisoning, involving toxicological, public health, and social aspects important for research, prevention, and interventions.   ALCOHOL USE DISORDER AND SOCIAL HARMS: While the evidence on alcohol co-ingestion in the context of pesticide self-poisoning is limited, it appears that alcohol use increases complications. Even fewer studies address alcohol use disorder and dependence among pesticide self-poisoning patients. The harmful use of alcohol also impacts social life, families, and communities in several ways, including pesticide self-poisoning among individuals around the alcohol user. This, however, is vastly understudied.   OUTSIDE INFLUENCES: Agrochemicals and alcohol are produced by industries with financial interests, and the outcome of individual acts of pesticide self-poisoning depends on the lethality of the pesticide purchased and ingested. The promotion of acutely toxic pesticides by companies must be acknowledged within this issue. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The relationship between alcohol and pesticide self-poisoning is increasingly clear, but more studies are needed to guide management. We cannot ignore that pesticide self-poisoning and harmful use of alcohol occur within the context of wider, often structural, stressors and are influenced by commercial entities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-3650",
doi="10.1080/15563650.2023.2259599",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2023.2259599"
}