An analysis of U.S. Parachuting fatalities: 2000-2004

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 896-900

  Hart, Christian L ^a   Griffith, James D ^b   Randell, Joe A ^a  

^a EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; AVIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947118763     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.3.896-900     Document Type: Article

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