Paragliding accidents in remote areas

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Fasching, Gunter ^b   Schippinger, Gerhard ^a   Pretscher, Rudolf ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Department of Pediatric Surgery   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Helicopter rescue; Paragliding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0030831147     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1997)008[0129:PAIRA]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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