Association between swimming lessons and drowning in childhood: A case-control study

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Taneja, Gitanjali Saluja ^a,b   Haynie, Denise L ^a   Trumble, Ann C ^a   Qian, Cong ^c   Klinger, Ron M ^b   Klebanoff, Mark A ^a  

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

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c Allied Technology Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DROWNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449239171     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.563     Document Type: Article

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