Accident and fatality characteristics in a population of mountain climbers in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1208, 2005, Pages

  Monasterio, Erik ^a  

^a Hillmorton Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; ACCIDENT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MOUNTAINEERING; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17144404235     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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