Balloon crash damage and injuries: An analysis of 86 accidents, 2000-2004

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 556-558

  De Voogt, Alexander J ^a   Van Doorn, Robert R A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aviation; Balloonist; Fracture; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BALLOON CRASH DAMAGE; BALLOON CRASH INJURY; BALLOONIST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646492848     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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