Snorkelling and breath-hold diving fatalities in Australia, 2001 to 2013. Demographics, characteristics and chain of events | Zendy

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Snorkelling and breath-hold diving fatalities in Australia, 2001 to 2013. Demographics, characteristics and chain of events

Author(s) -

John Lippmann

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

diving and hyperbaric medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2209-1491

pISSN - 1833-3516

DOI - 10.28920/dhm49.3.192-203

Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , demographics , medical emergency , environmental health , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , descriptive statistics , poison control , emergency medicine , demography , pediatrics , pathology , sociology , statistics , mathematics

The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of victims of fatal snorkelling and breath-hold diving accidents in Australia from 2001-2013, inclusive, to determine underlying factors and risks associated with such activities and inform appropriate countermeasures.

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