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dc.contributor.authorPeden, Amy E
dc.contributor.authorWillcox-Pidgeon, Stacey
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Kyra
dc.contributor.editorGårder, Per
dc.contributor.editorVickerman, Roger William
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-24T04:04:43Z
dc.date.available2022-01-24T04:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-08-102672-4en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/b978-0-08-102671-7.10171-xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/411659
dc.description.abstractBoating is a popular recreational activity in many high- and middle-income countries around the world and includes the use of both powered and unpowered (watercraft) vessels. Participation estimates range from 36 million recreational boaters across Europe, 22 million in the United States, 13 million in Canada, and 5 million in Australia. Despite its popularity, participation in recreational boating is not without risks including, for example, physical injury and loss of life due to drowning, propeller strike, and carbon monoxide poisoning. Several factors have been identified that impact safety and put people more at risk of injury and death including operator inexperience, improper lookout, alcohol and other drugs, excessive speed, lack of life jackets, and overloading. Prevention strategies to reduce risk encompass safe boating strategies, legislation and regulatory strategies, and social psychological and behavioral strategies.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleInternational Encyclopedia of Transportationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom477en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto486en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic healthen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTransport planningen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330409en_US
dc.titleRecreational Boating Safety: Usage, Risk Factors, and the Prevention of Injury and Deathen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
dc.type.descriptionB2 - Chapters (Other)en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPeden, AE; Willcox-Pidgeon, S; Hamilton, K, Recreational Boating Safety: Usage, Risk Factors, and the Prevention of Injury and Death, International Encyclopedia of Transportation, 2021, pp. 477-486en_US
dc.date.updated2022-01-24T03:58:10Z
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gro.griffith.authorHamilton, Kyra


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