Usual water-related behaviour and 'near-drowning' incidents in young adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-243

  Gulliver, Pauline ^a   Begg, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; NEW ZEALAND; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

EID: 20444435489     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00761.x     Document Type: Article

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