Drowning deaths in toddlers and preambulatory children in South Australia

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 328-332

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b   Lipsett, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baths; Buckets; Homicide; Infant drowning

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DROWNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033377666     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199912000-00003     Document Type: Article

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