TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - United Kingdom legislation on pack sizes of analgesics: background, rationale, and effects on suicide and deliberate self-harm
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Hawton, Keith E.
SP  - 223
EP  - 229
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - Following increasing concern in the UK about the mortality and morbidity associated with self-poisoning with analgesics, especially paracetamol (Tylenol, acetaminophen), legislation was introduced in 1998 to modify packs sold over-the-counter. The most important change was a reduction in the maximum size of packs. In this paper the background to the legislation, the rationale behind it, and its early impact are reviewed. The changes have had significant positive initial benefits on the mortality and morbidity associated with self-poisoning with analgesics.
LA  - 
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -