TY - JOUR PY - 1992// TI - Snowmobile accidents in Lapland JO - Arctic medical research A1 - Hantula, Lasse A1 - Soininen, L. SP - 64 EP - 70 VL - 51 IS - Suppl 7 N2 - It is assumed that there are about 30,000 snowmobiles in Lapland. In 12 health centers and in all three hospitals the snowmobile accidents were analyzed in 1990. There were 290 accidents reported. Seventy-two percent were leisure time accidents. The accidents occurred typically in the afternoon during the weekend in the spring. Most accidents took place in the woods by driving into a barrier. Half of the injuries were on extremities, especially on legs. Eighteen LA - SN - 0782-226X UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -