The annual incapacitation rate of commercial pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-49

  Evans, Sally ^a   Radcliffe, Sally Ann ^a  

^a UK Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Aircrew; Impairment; Incidents; Medical; Occurrence; Reports; Unfit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856611314     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3134.2012     Document Type: Article

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