Aviation accidents and incidents associated with the use of ophthalmic devices by civilian airmen

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1109-1113

  Nakagawara, Van B ^a   Montgomery, Ron W ^a   Wood, Kathryn J ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aviation; Contact lenses; Eyeglasses

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; DEVICE; HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SPECTACLES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; CONTACT LENSES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYEGLASSES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036830210     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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