Mountaineering fatalities on denali

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Mcintosh, Scott E ^a   Campbell, Aaron D ^a   Dow, Jennifer ^b   Grissom, Colin K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alaska Regional Hospital   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbing; Denali; Fatalities; Fatality rate; Mountaineering; Mt. McKinley; National Park Service

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MOUNTAINEERING; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST;

ACCIDENTS; ALASKA; ALTITUDE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40549115281     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1047     Document Type: Article

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