Water Hazards

Sports medicine Health occupations
Volume 171 - Issue 11

Snorkelling deaths in Australia, 1987-1996

Authors:  Carl W Edmonds and Douglas G Walker

Med J Aust 1999; 171 (11): 591-594.
Published online: 6 December 1999
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Water Hazards

Snorkelling deaths in Australia, 1987-1996

Carl W Edmonds and Douglas G Walker

MJA 1999; 171: 591-594
For editorial comment, see Walker

Abstract - Introduction - Methods - Results - Discussion - Acknowledgments - References - Authors' details
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Authors

  • Carl W Edmonds
  • Douglas G Walker

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