The epidemiology of severe and catastrophic injuries in BASE jumping

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-267

  Mei Dan, Omer ^a   Carmont, Michael R ^b   Monasterio, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Hillmorton Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BASE jumping; Epidemiology; Injury; Parachuting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BASE JUMPING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; JUMPING; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AVIATION; BACK INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860775732     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824bd53a     Document Type: Article

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