Alcohol violations and aviation accidents: Findings from the U.S. Mandatory Alcohol Testing Program

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5 I, 2007, Pages 510-513

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Baker, Susan P ^a   Qiang, Yandong ^a   Rebok, George W ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Accident; Alcohol; Aviation; Epidemiology; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AVIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248189760     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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