The epidemiology of drowning task force on the epidemiology of drowning

Handbook on Drowning: Prevention, Rescue, Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 41-75

  Branche, Christine M ^a   Van Beeck, Ed ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77951498938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29656-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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