Falls from rooftops after heavy snowfalls: The risks of snow clearing activities

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 635-637

  Pipas, Lauren ^a   Schaefer, Nancy ^a   Brown, Lawrence H ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Snow; Weather; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPRAIN; THORAX INJURY; WINTER;

EID: 0036853412     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.35494     Document Type: Article

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