Geographic region,weather, pilot age, and air carrier crashes: A case-control study

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-390

  Li, Guohua ^a   Pressley, Joyce C ^a   Qiang, Yandong ^a   Grabowski, Jurek G ^a   Baker, Susan P ^a   Rebok, George W ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Aviation safety; Pilot error; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FLIGHT; GEOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 63849105955     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2428.2009     Document Type: Article

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