Parachuting from fixed objects: descriptive study of 106 fatal events in BASE jumping 1981-2006

A Westman1, M Rosén, P Berggren

  • 1Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Division of Surgery, Umeå University, 90185 Umeå, Sweden. anton@worldwidewestman.com

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