Fatal accident during kite surfing lesson;Tödlicher unfall beim kitesurfingunterricht

Rechtsmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 162-164

  Ziegler, M ^a   Lockemann, U ^a   Puschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Fatal accident; Harness hook; Risks; Safety knife

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; DROWNING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 68149142487     PISSN: 09379819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-008-0582-z     Document Type: Article

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