Analysis of paediatric drowning deaths in washington state using the child death review (CDR) for surveillance: What CDR does and does not tell us about lethal drowning injury

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Quan, Linda ^a,d   Pilkey, Diane ^b   Gomez, Anthony ^c   Bennett, Lizabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79751497890     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.026849     Document Type: Article

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