British Airways Flightdeck Mortality study, 1950-1992

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 548-555

  Irvine, David ^a   Michael Da Vies, D ^a  

^a BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight deck; Life expectancy; Mortality; Pilot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033056351     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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