Mountaineering fatalities on Mount Rainier, Washington, 1977-1997: Autopsy and investigative findings

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Christensen, Erik D ^a,c   Lacsina, Emmanuel Q ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Forensic Pathologist in Priv Pract   (United States)

^c WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fall Accident Pathology Death investigation; Mountaineering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; SNOW; WASHINGTON; WEATHER;

EID: 0033023675     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00014     Document Type: Article

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