Technical report - Prevention of drowning

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Weiss, Jeffrey ^a   Gardner, H Garry ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a   Ebel, Beth E ^a   Lichenstein, Richard ^a   Limbos, Mary Ann P ^a   O'Neil, Joseph ^a   Quinlan, Kyran P ^a   Scholer, Seth J ^a   Sege, Robert R ^a   Turner, Michael S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Drowning prevention; Pools; Swimming lessons

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SWIMMING; TRAINING; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954370412     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1265     Document Type: Review

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