The effects of +Gz force on the bone mineral density of fighter pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-181

  Naumann, F L ^a   Bennell, K L ^a   Wark, J D ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Gravitational force; Osteoporosis; Pilots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLYING; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PELVIC BONES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035092129     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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