Injury patterns in aviation-related fatalities: Implications for preventive strategies

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Li, Guohua ^a   Baker, Susan P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation accidents; Injury patterns; Preventable deaths; Safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIATION; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSIS; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS INJURY; PREVENTION; SEATBELT; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030771453     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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