Modeling unintentional drowning mortality rates in Thailand, 2000-2009

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP2471-NP2479

  Prameprart, Monsikarn ^a   Lim, Apiradee ^a   Tongkumchum, Phattrawan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

drowning; modeling mortality; pattern of drowning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926338115     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513488796     Document Type: Article

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