International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 53-68 , June 2010

Mass Gathering Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Taiwan Experience of Long-distance Swimming Across Sun-Moon Lake

  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Han Chang, Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Song Chang

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Co-first author
    • ,
  • Chien-Shuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tai-En Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Yuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ding-Kuo Chien

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ho Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 22 January 2010.

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70025-9

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70025-9

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 53-68 , June 2010

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