Lack of caregiver supervision: A contributing factor in Australian unintentional child drowning deaths, 2000-2009

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 228-231

  Petrass, Lauren A ^a   Blitvich, Jennifer D ^a   Finch, Caroline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; DROWNING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNINTENTIONAL CHILD DROWNING;

EID: 79952477741     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02950.x     Document Type: Article

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