Risk of traumatic death during downhill skiing compared with that during mountaineering

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1289, Issue , 1997, Pages 23-29

  Burtscher, Martin ^a   Nachbauer, Werner ^a   Schröcksnadel, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Austrian Ski Federation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Downhill skiing; Exercise; Injury; Mountaineering; Ski touring; Sports equipment; Traumatic death

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKI JUMPS; SPORTING GOODS; STATISTICS;

MOUNTAINEERING; TRAUMATIC SKIING RELATED DEATHS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 0031139140     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp18285s     Document Type: Article

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