Contact lenses and corrective flying spectacles in military aircrew - Implications for flight safety

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 7 I, 2005, Pages 661-665

  Partner, Andrew M ^a   Scott, Robert A H ^a   Shaw, Penny ^b   Coker, William J ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RAF Cranwell ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Roy Air Force Ctr of Aviat Med   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation environment; Contact lenses; Eye glasses; Questionnaire; Refractive correction; Spectacles; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FLYING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOPHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONTACT LENSES; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; VISION;

EID: 21644460873     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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