Abdominal sonography in the medical evaluation of aviation aspirants

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 965-969

  Chadha, Davinder S ^a,b   Sharma, Sanjiv ^a,b   Sivasankar, Rajeev ^a,b   Kudva, Naren ^a,b   Sabhiki, Gurdeep ^a,b   Behl, Anil ^a,b  

^a Medical Division   (India)

^b Institute of Aerospace Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal sonography; Healthy aircrew; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVARY CYST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ABDOMEN; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVARIAN CYSTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951598783     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2749.2010     Document Type: Article

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