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Cold injuries

Nature

Prolonged exposure to climatic cold may result in various cold injuries. Frostbite is the most common and results from the freezing of tissues.

Counter-claim

In 2000, a 29-year-old doctor was caught under ice in a Norwegian river for more than an hour. He survived, although his body temperature decreased to 13.7 degrees centigrade.

Broader

Injuries
Presentable

Narrower

Chilblains
Excellent
Immersion foot
Yet to rate
Hypothermia
Yet to rate
Frostbite
Yet to rate

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Value

Injury
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Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E0274
DOCID
11502740
D7NID
140338
Editing link
Official link
Last update
May 19, 2022