The UIAA medical commission injury classification for mountaineering and climbing sports

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Schffl, Volker ^a,b,c   Morrison, Audry ^d   Hefti, Urs ^c   Ullrich, Schwarz ^e   Küpper, Thomas ^a,c  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Medical Commission UIAA   (Switzerland)

^d Medical Commission UIAA   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

climbing epidemiology; climbing injuries; ice climbing; mountaineering; rock climbing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINEERING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79952291554     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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