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Rip current related drowning deaths and rescues in Australia 2004–2011
B. Brighton
Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia
S. Sherker
Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia
R. Brander
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
M. Thompson
Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia
A. Bradstreet
Surf Life Saving Australia, Locked Bag 1010, Rosebery, NSW 2018, Australia
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