Drowning in a high-income developing country in the Middle East: Newspapers as an essential resource for injury surveillance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Barss, Peter ^a   Subait, Omer Mohamed ^a   Ali, Mohamed Hassan Al ^a   Grivna, Michal ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Drowning; Immersion; Injury prevention; Newspaper; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEWSPAPERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 58149523428     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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