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Hanging by a thread

Hanging by a thread

by Emmanuel Cauchy

2009Mountaineering accidentsMountaineering injuriesEmergency physiciansRescue workBiography
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Themes & subjects

Mountaineering accidentsMountaineering injuriesEmergency physiciansRescue workBiographyPhysicians, biography
First published 2009

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Setting

Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)France

About the author

Emmanuel Cauchy

1960 – 2018

emergency physician, a researcher, and mountain guide

Author

Emmanuel Cauchy

First published

2009

Pages

320

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

ISBN

9781845298920

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