Age-60 rule: The end is in sight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 624-626

  Cornell, Anna ^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

Age 60 rule; Aviation standards; Safety

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONSENSUS; CONTRACT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POLICY; RETIREMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT;

EID: 34249867207     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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