Recreational travel fatalities in US National Parks

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 404-411

  Heggie, Travis W ^a   Heggie, Tracey M ^a   Kliewer, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAMPING; CLIMBING; DIVING; FATALITY; FISHING; NATIONAL PARK; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROWING; SKIING; SUICIDE; SUMMER; SWIMMING; TOURISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; SEASONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849109561     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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