Childhood drowning in New South Wales 1990-1995: A population-based study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 610-612

  Cass, Daniel T ^a   Ross, Frank ^a   Lam, Lawrence T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATH; CHILD; DROWNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RIVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029953449     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138663.x     Document Type: Article

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