Risk and severity of injury in a population of BASE jumpers

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1277, 2008, Pages 70-75

  Monasterio, Erik ^a   Mei Dan, Omer ^b  

^a Hillmorton Hospital   (New Zealand)

^b Meir University Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARACHUTIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AVIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 48949107378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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