Ground crew injuries and fatalities in U.S. commercial aviation, 1983-2004

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1007-1011

  Grabowski, Jurek G ^a   Baker, Susan P ^a,b   Li, Guohua ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Aircraft; Airport; Apron; Occupational injury; Ramp; Safety

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLAST INJURY; BURN; FATALITY; GROUND CREW; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27744584804     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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