Correlation between avalanche emergencies and avalanche danger forecast in the alpine region of Tyrol

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Rainer, Bernhard ^a,b   Frimmel, Christian ^a   Sumann, Guenther ^a   Brugger, Hermann ^c   Kinzl, Johann F ^a   Lederer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ICAR MEDCOM ^*  (Austria)

^c ICAR MEDCOM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Leisure activities; Natural disasters; Risk assessment; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 37849012904     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282b974bd     Document Type: Article

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