Drowning surveillance: How well do E codes identify submersion fatalities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Smith, Gordon S ^a   Langley, John D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drowning; Free text; Multiple cause of death statistics; Narratives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DROWNING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032087942     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.2.135     Document Type: Article

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