FIA score: A simple risk index for predicting fatality in aviation crashes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1278-1283

  Li, Guohua ^a,b,c   Gebrekristos, Hirut T ^a   Baker, Susan P ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Accident; Aviation; Fire; Mortality; Risk assessment; Safety

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; AIRPORT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FATALITY; FIA SCORE; FIRE; FLIGHT; METEOROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; WEATHER; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 67650576615     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31812f60dc     Document Type: Article

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