Drowning mortality in the United States, 1999-2006

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-75

  Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a,b   Muazzam, Sana ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Blacks; Drowning; Mortality; Race; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DROWNING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751644748     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9281-2     Document Type: Review

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