Self-reported benefits and risks of open water swimming to health, wellbeing and the environment: Cross-sectional evidence from a survey of Scottish swimmers

• David M. Oliver ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.oliver@stir.ac.uk

  Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6200-562X

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• Craig W. McDougall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Truro, United Kingdom

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• Tony Robertson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-5874

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• Blair Grant,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

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• Nick Hanley,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Richard S. Quilliam

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-4410

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