Snorkelling deaths in Australia, 1987-1996

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 591-594

  Edmonds, Carl W ^a   Walker, Douglas G ^b  

^a Diving Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b Project Stickybeak   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIVING; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOURISM;

EID: 0033530696     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123809.x     Document Type: Article

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