Anthropometric measurements and ejection injuries

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1144-1147

  Edwards, Mark ^a  

^a Nav Aerosp/Oper Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEAT; SPINE FRACTURE;

ACCELERATION; AIRCRAFT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK INJURIES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 0030466797     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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