How much did cold shock and swimming failure contribute to drowning deaths in the fishing industry in British Columbia 1976-2002?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-462

  Brooks, Chris J ^a   Howard, K A ^a   Neifer, S K ^a  

^a Survival Systems Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold shock; Cold water immersion; Drowning; Fishing; Swimming failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLAPSE; DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FISHING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SWIMMING; WATER IMMERSION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLD; DROWNING; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK; SWIMMING;

EID: 24944589711     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi063     Document Type: Article

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