Preventing commercial fishing deaths in Alaska

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 691-695

  Lincoln, Jennifer M ^a,b   Conway, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b 4230 University Dr ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cold water; Commercial fishing; Drowning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FISHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032885112     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.691     Document Type: Article

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