Epidemiology of drowning in Mangalore, a coastal Taluk of South India

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 410-415

  Suresh Kumar Shetty, B ^a   Shetty, Mahabalesh ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Drowning; Epidemiology; Immersion deaths; Risk profile; Safety measures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548014733     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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