Christmas 2008: Sport: Mortality on Mount Everest, 1921-2006: descriptive study

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7684, 2008, Pages

  Firth, Paul G ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Windsor, Jeremy S ^b   Sutherland, Andrew I ^c   Imray, Christopher H ^d   Moore, G W K ^e   Semple, John L ^e   Roach, Robert C ^f   Salisbury, Richard A ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLERGY; DEATH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUGBY; UNITED KINGDOM; VATICAN CITY STATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; STATISTICS; SUDDEN DEATH; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEATHER;

EID: 61449259214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2654     Document Type: Article

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