Injuries associated with snowmobiles, Alaska, 1993-1994
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Injuries and deaths associated with use of snowmobiles--Maine, 1991-1996.
During the 1995-96 winter season (i.e., November 1995 through April 1996), both the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW) and the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) detected an increase in deaths associated with snowmobile use in Maine. From the fall of 1991 through the spring of 1995, three to eight snowmobile-related deaths occurred each winter season (mean: ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1468-2877
DOI: 10.1093/phr/114.1.48