Natural sunlight and its association to civil aviation accidents

Optometry

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 517-522

  Nakagawara, Van B ^a   Wood, Kathryn J ^a   Montgomery, Ron W ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Afterimage; Aviation vision; Flash blindness; Glare; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; GLARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTOMETRY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUNLIGHT; TECHNIQUE; WEATHER;

EID: 4444224999     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-1839(04)70177-3     Document Type: Article

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