A Literature Review of Air Medical Work Hazards and Pregnancy

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Van Dyke, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VIBRATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72549084568     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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