Injury and illness encountered in shenandoah national park

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Forrester, Joseph D ^a   Holstege, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiking; Illness; Injury; National Park; Shenandoah; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75449088252     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0318     Document Type: Article

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