An analysis of routine blood testing of British Army pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-336

  Curry, Ian P ^a,b  

^a Wattisham Airfield   (United Kingdom)

^b Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood testing; Periodic aircrew medicals; Pilot screening

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; UREA;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 0037382887     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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