Long term disability rates in a cohort of air Canada pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1137-1140

  Band, Pierre ^a,c   Deschamps, Michele ^a   Fang, Raymond ^b   Nhu, L E ^b   Gallagher, Richard P ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b Services Sociaux de Montreal Centre   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; WORK DISABILITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AVIATION; CANADA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031726437     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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