MRI cervical spine findings in asymptomatic fighter pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1183-1188

  Petren Mallmin M ^a   Linder, J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Aeromedical Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Disk degeneration; Fighter pilots; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345148974     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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