Echocardiographic findings in NATO pilots: Do acceleration (+Gz) stresses damage the heart?

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 596-600

  Gray, G W ^a  

^a DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEART INJURIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS;

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EID: 0030980766     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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