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01-09-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Drowning and near drowning in rivers

Author: Roger W. Byard

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2017

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The motivation for writing the Commentary on drowning deaths in rivers [1] came from two recent incidents that occurred in the Murrumbidgee River in the small Australian country town of Wagga Wagga. …

Byard RW. Drowning deaths in rivers. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. doi:10.1007/s12024-017-9857-6.

Wagga Wagga missing man: wife ‘clung to man as he was swept away by river’. The Daily Telegraph December 29 2016. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/wagga-wagga-missing-man-wife-clung-to-man-as-he-was-swept-away-by-river/news-story/e82281bfefe55560d89f665ef906a4c1. Accessed 20 Feb 2017.

Peden AE, Queiroga AC. Drowning deaths in Australian rivers, creeks and streams: a 10 year analysis. Royal Life Saving Society – Sydney, Australia.

Title: Drowning and near drowning in rivers
Author: Roger W. Byard
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9858-5

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