Ejection associated injuries within the German air force from 1981-1997

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1230-1234

  Werner, Ulrich ^a  

^a Fighter Wing 71 Richthofen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ejections; Fast jet aircraft; Injuries; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SEAT; SPACE FLIGHT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032740758     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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