Swimming pool drownings among US residents aged 5-24 years: Understanding racial/ethnic disparities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 728-733

  Saluja, Gitanjali ^a   Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Trumble, Ann C ^a   Smith, Gordon S ^b   Schroeder, Tom ^c   Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX RATIO; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING POOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645462030     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.057067     Document Type: Article

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