How well does a national newspaper reporting system profile drowning?

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Lunetta, Philippe ^a,b   Tiirikainen, Kati ^b   Smith, Gordon S ^c   Penttilä, Antti ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drowning; Finland; Forensic autopsy; Immersion; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646551233     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300500131764     Document Type: Article

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