Role of medical factors in 1000 fatal aviation accidents: Case note study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7094, 1997, Pages 1592-

  Cullen, S A ^a   Drysdale, H C ^a   Mayes, R W ^a  

^a RAF Inst of Hlth and Med Training   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030981048     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7094.1592     Document Type: Article

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