Unintentional drowning mortality, by age and body of water: An analysis of 60 countries

Injury Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue E1, 2015, Pages e43-e50

  Lin, Ching Yih ^a,b   Wang, Yi Fong ^b   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^c   Kawach, Ichiro ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BATH; CHILD; DEVICES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWIMMING POOL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BATHS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWIMMING POOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928381511     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041110     Document Type: Article

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