Pilot medical history and medications found in post mortem specimens from aviation accidents

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1171-1173

  Canfield, Dennis V ^a   Salazar, Guillermo J ^b   Lewis, Russell J ^a   Whinnery, James E ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Cardiovascular; Neurological; Psychological; Psychotropic; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; BISOPROLOL; BUSPIRONE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEALKYLFLURAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; NORDAZEPAM; NORFLUOXETINE; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG USE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CERTIFICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33750463423     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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