A prospective, multi-year analysis of illness and injury during summer travel to arid environments

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Tonna, Joseph E ^a   Lewin, Matthew R ^a   Hahn, In Hei ^b   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^c   Norell, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert travel; Expedition planning; Frequency analysis; Gobi Desert; Risk; Risk assessment; Wilderness medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; TRAVEL;

EID: 67649467494     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-193R3.1     Document Type: Article

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