Epidemiology of turbulence-related injuries in airline cabin crew, 1992-2001

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 970-976

  Tvaryanas, Anthony P ^a,b  

^a United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Air carrier; Aircraft type; Flight attendant; NTSB; Unrestrained cabin crew

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; SEATBELT;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042337382     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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