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2010
Affiliations
University of Edinburgh(Current)
South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration
University of Peradeniya
University of Copenhagen
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Melissa Pearson is an author at University of Edinburgh specializing in medicine, public health, and mental health.
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MedicineMental HealthPublic HealthSuicideCovid-19MarketingPsychiatryToxicologyFood SafetyEpidemiology
Publications per year
2010–2022
Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries
Jane Pirkis, Ann John, Sangsoo Shin et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry · 2021 · 728 citations · Full text
Epidemiological Trend, Medicine, Global Health Crisis +10
Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial
Melissa Pearson, Chris Metcalfe, Shaluka Jayamanne et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 110 citations · Full text
Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975–2012: age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data
Duleeka Knipe, Chris Metcalfe, Ravindra Fernando et al. · BMC Public Health · 2014 · 93 citations · Full text
Risk of suicide and repeat self-harm after hospital attendance for non-fatal self-harm in Sri Lanka: a cohort study
Duleeka Knipe, Chris Metcalfe, Keith Hawton et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry · 2019 · 68 citations · Full text
A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: study protocol
Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, David Gunnell et al. · BMC Public Health · 2011 · 41 citations · Full text
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