Analysis of injuries among pilots killed in fatal helicopter accidents

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-341

  Taneja, Narinder ^a   Wiegmann, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Helicopter accidents; Injuries; Survivability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FACE FRACTURE; FLIGHT; HEART; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RIB FRACTURE; SHOULDER HARNESS; SKULL FRACTURE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HARNESS;

EID: 0037382888     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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