Definition of drowning: a progress report

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• Personal Author:
  Branche C ; van Beeck E
• Description:
  In 2006, a new definition of drowning was introduced, with the aim of establishing a standard to be used worldwide and to serve epidemiological purposes. To arrive at the definition, a discussion paper was used to prompt comment electronically, followed by consensus procedures among drowning experts worldwide. These procedures led to the adoption of the following definition during the World Congress on Drowning in June 2002: Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Public-health
• ISBN:
  9783642042522
• Publisher:
  Springer
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  85-89
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046423
• Citation:
  Drowning: prevention, rescue, treatment, second edition. Bierens-JJLM, ed. Amsterdam: Springer, 2015 Mar; :85-89
• Editor(s):
  Bierens JJLM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Drowning: prevention, rescue, treatment, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:512d38e2cfed01414d5f0d439f77952667c7b39dc87a3b6a5ba3720c5364f359d5ddb62dbd3073dcf52a827af2580d533ff5c2312a42df5030837ff18493f97d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201487/cdc_201487_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 147.13 KB ]