Injury
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Deaths associated with snow skiing in Colorado 1980–1981 to 2000–2001 ski seasons

  • Huiyun Xiang

      Affiliations

    • Health Statistics Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Vital Statistics Unit, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, CO 80246-1530, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-303-692-2169; fax: +1-303-691-7704.
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  • Lorann Stallones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Colorado Injury Control Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876, USA

,Accepted 30 January 2003.

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☆ The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

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doi: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00055-X

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