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DROWNING. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1871
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Epidemiology of adulthood drowning deaths in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide health and injury survey [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Annual global death due to drowning accounts for 372,000 lives, 90% of which occur in low and middle income countries. Life in Bangladesh exposes adults and children to may water bodies for daily household needs, and as a result drowning is ...
Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Animesh Biswas, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Fazlur Rahman, Aminur Rahman   +4 more
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The Combined Effects of Short-Term Exposure to Multiple Meteorological Factors on Unintentional Drowning Mortality: Large Case-Crossover Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2023
BackgroundDrowning is a serious public health problem worldwide. Previous epidemiological studies on the association between meteorological factors and drowning mainly focused on individual weather factors, and the combined effect
Yingyin Liu, Xiaomei Dong, Zhixing Li, Sui Zhu, Ziqiang Lin, Guanhao He, Weiwei Gong, Jianxiong Hu, Zhulin Hou, Ruilin Meng, Chunliang Zhou, Min Yu, Biao Huang, Lifeng Lin, Jianpeng Xiao, Jieming Zhong, Donghui Jin, Yiqing Xu, Lingshuang Lv, Cunrui Huang, Tao Liu, Wenjun Ma   +21 more
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Pattern of intentional drowning mortality: a total population retrospective cohort study in Australia, 2006–2014

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background While a downward trend in unintentional drowning deaths in Australia has been observed, little is known about intentional drowning mortality.
Muthia Cenderadewi, Richard C. Franklin, Amy E. Peden, Sue Devine   +3 more
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Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of fatal drowning in children under 5 years old in Hunan Province, China: case-control study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Drowning is still the primary cause of death in children under 5 years old, however, little is known about the drowning of Hunan province children.
Zhiyu Liu, Fanjuan Kong, Lei Yin, Aihua Wang, Lili Xiong, Donghua Xie, Lizhang Chen, Xiaoqi Sheng   +7 more
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Research Progress on Determination of Drowning Site [PDF]

Fayixue Zazhi, 2018
The bodies found in water are one of the most common types in forensic practice. The discovery site of the body is often not the drowning site. However, the determination of drowning site is vital for the identification of victim. Inorganic particles and
ZHAO Jian, XU Lun-Wu, KANG Xiao-Dong，et al.
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The influence of water safety knowledge on adolescents’ drowning risk behaviors: a framework of risk-protect integrated and KAP theory

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAlthough previous research has examined the risk factors for drowning behavior among adolescents, it is unclear whether this association is influenced by water safety knowledge.
Shi Luo, Shulai Luo, Zhongyu Ren, Hui Zhang, Xinyu Li, Lian Liu   +5 more
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An epidemiological study of drowning survivors among school children

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Context: Drowning is a major, but often neglected, public health problem. Drowning is the second leading cause of death from unintentional injuries, after road traffic injuries.
Jaseena Nadu Veetil, Vijayan Ampaya Parambath, Bijayraj Rajanbabu, Sangeetha Suresh   +3 more
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The Danish Drowning Cohort: Utstein-style data from fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Denmark

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background Effective interventions to reduce drowning incidents require accurate and reliable data for scientific analysis. However, the lack of high-quality evidence and the variability in drowning terminology, definitions, and outcomes present ...
Niklas Breindahl, Kasper Bitzer, Oliver B. Sørensen, Alexander Wildenschild, Signe A. Wolthers, Tim Lindskou, Jacob Steinmetz, Stig N. F. Blomberg, Helle C. Christensen, the Danish Drowning Validation Group   +9 more
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Drowning and near drowning. [PDF]

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1983
PreviewThousands of people are victims of submersion accidents each year. As Dr Redding points out, drowning takes the lives of more young people than any single disease. Yet only recently have we learned that apparently lifeless victims of drowning can sometimes be saved with intensive and unremitting resuscitation and follow-up measures.
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