Accidents in recreational waters;Incidenti nelle aree di balneazione

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Giustini, Marco ^a   Ade, Paola ^a   Taggi, Franco ^a   Funari, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidents; Drowing; Head trauma; Near drowing; Recreational waters; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DROWNING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; ITALY; NEAR DROWNING; RECREATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS; BATHING BEACHES; BRAIN INJURIES; DROWNING; HUMANS; ITALY; RECREATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0038440513     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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