Further support for the concept of a G-LOC syndrome: A survey of military high-performance aviators

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 496-500

  Morrissette, Karen L ^a,b   Mcgowan, David G ^a  

^a United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine   (United States)

^b 19th Aerospace Medicine Squadron   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aviation; Loss of consciousness; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EUPHORIA;

EID: 0034051538     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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