Make Your Commitment to Safer Waters.

Technical report - Prevention of drowning

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Author(s)
Weiss, J.
Publication
American Academy of Pediatrics
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Abstract

Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death in children. In 2006,approximately 1100 US children younger than 20 years died fromdrowning. A number of strategies are available to prevent these trag-edies. As educators and advocates, pediatricians can play an impor-tant role in the prevention of drowning.

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