Characteristics of alcohol-related fatal general aviation crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Baker, Susan P ^a,b   Lamb, Margaret W ^c   Qiang, Yandong ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

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

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

^c Sunshine Aviation Safety Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Aviation accident; Epidemiology; Human factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; DATA ACQUISITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METEOROLOGY;

AVIATION ACCIDENT; HUMAN FACTORS; INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC); VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR);

AIR NAVIGATION;

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; NORTH CAROLINA; RADAR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 10444271711     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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