Hypoxia and flight performance of military instructor pilots in a flight simulator

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 654-659

  Temme, Leonard A ^a   Still, David L ^a   Acromite, Michael T ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Flight performance; Hypoxia; Instrument flight; Reduced oxygen breathing device; ROBD; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANOXIA; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954100038     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2690.2010     Document Type: Article

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