Estimates of drowning morbidity and mortality adjusted for exposure to risk

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Mitchell, Rebecca J ^a   Williamson, Ann M ^a   Olivier, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DROWNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957713538     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.024307     Document Type: Article

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