@article{ref1,
title="The safety standards of domestic swimming pools",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="1981",
author="Horwood, L. J. and Fergusson, D. M. and Shannon, F. T.",
volume="94",
number="697",
pages="417-419",
abstract="The rate of exposure to the hazards of domestic swimming pools was examined for 1143 three-year-old Christchurch children. Just over 11 percent of children lived in homes with a swimming pool. A further 20 percent did not have a pool but there was a pool on an immediately adjacent property. Examination of four safety features for swimming pools suggested there was considerable room for improvement in the safety standards of the pools surveyed: over half did not have a surrounding fence or wall at least a metre high; less than one in five had a surrounding fence with self-closing gate or padlocked gate; just under half had sides more than a metre above ground level; and one pool in five had none of the four safety features. The implications of these findings for the provision of adequate pool safety standards are discussed.  Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}