Epidemiology of unintentional drowning and near-drowning in Denmark in 1995

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-31

  Lindholm, Peter ^a   Steensberg, Jens ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Regional Public Health Office   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drowning; Epidemiology; Near drowning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DROWNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DROWNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034154184     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.1.29     Document Type: Article

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