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
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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