Age, flight experience, and risk of crash involvement in a cohort of professional pilots

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 874-880

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Baker, Susan P ^a,b   Grabowski, Jurek G ^a   Qiang, Yandong ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a   Rebok, George W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, aviation; Aging; Aviation; Cohort studies; Safety; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGING; AIRLINE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AGE FACTORS; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037880373     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg071     Document Type: Article

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