Water Hazards

Health occupations Sports medicine
Volume 171 - Issue 11

Dead in the water: how safe are our water sports?

Author:  Robyn M Walker

Med J Aust 1999; 171 (11): 584-586.
Published online: 6 December 1999
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Water Hazards

Dead in the water: how safe are our water sports?

We now have the Australian Water Safety Council and its National Water Safety Plan: the impact of these initiatives remains to be seen

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MJA 1999; 171: 584-586

Author

  • Robyn M Walker

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