Vitreous fluid and/or urine glucose concentrations in 1335 civil aviation accident pilot fatalities

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 715-720

  Chaturvedi, Arvind K ^a,b   Botch, Sabra R ^b   Canfield, Dennis V ^b   Forster, Estrella M ^b  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft accident investigation; Diabetes; Federal Aviation Administration; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Hemoglobin A 1c; Hyperglycemia; Urine; Vitreous fluid

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATALITY; FLIGHT; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 65349124805     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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