Drowning

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 253-256

  Desforges, Jane F ^a   Modell, Jerome H ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; DROWNING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NEAR DROWNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; DROWNING; HUMAN; NEAR DROWNING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027396358     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199301283280407     Document Type: Review

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