Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: Case study from Matlab, Bangladesh

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 675-680

  Borse, Nagesh N ^a,b   Hyder, A A ^a   Streatfield, P K ^b   Arifeen, S E ^b   Bishai, D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROWNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE WORK; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959858599     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.202010     Document Type: Article

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