Accidental hypothermia in recreational activities in the mountains: A narrative review
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The growing popularity of activities such as hiking, climbing, skiing and snowboarding has ensured that the number of visitors to mountain environments continues to increase. Since such areas place enormous physical demands on individuals, it is inevitable that deaths will occur. Differences in the activities, conditions and methods of calculation make meaningful mortality rates difficult to ob...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0905-7188
DOI: 10.1111/sms.13294