From the bush to the beach: Water safety in rural and remote New South Wales

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 246-250

  Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Haddrill, Katrina ^b  

^a NSW Health   (Australia)

^b NSW Dept Tourism Sport/Recreation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SEASHORE; SELF REPORT; SWIMMING POOL; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; TIME; WATER VAPOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATHING BEACHES; COMMUNICATION; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWIMMING POOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11844288928     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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