Fatalities in swimming pools with lifeguards: USA, 2000-2008

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 250-253

  Pelletier, Andrew R ^a   Gilchrist, Julie ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SWIMMING POOLS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960844097     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029751     Document Type: Article

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