Dead men walking: Search and rescue in US National Parks

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Heggie, Travis W ^a   Amundson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Illness; Injury; National park; Rescue; Search

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; RECREATION; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MALE; RECREATION; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350506845     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-299R.1     Document Type: Article

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