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Motor Vehicle—Related Drowning Deaths Associated with Inland Flooding After Hurricane Floyd: A Field Investigation

J. David Yale School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Thomas B. Cole Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; and The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center
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Herbert G. Garrison The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center; and Department of Emergency Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Carol W. Runyan The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center; and Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, and Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Jasmin K. Riad Ruback DDI Inc., College Park, Georgia, USA
Pages 279-284 | Published online: 18 Jun 2010

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