Pilot fatigue survey: Exploring fatigue factors in air medical operations

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 309-319

  Gregory, Kevin B ^a   Winn, William ^b   Johnson, Kent ^b   Rosekind, Mark R ^c  

^a Alertness Solutions   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIR AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78149249305     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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