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3. Health and Fitness

Authors : Erik Seedhouse, Anthony Brickhouse, Kimberly Szathmary, E. David Williams

Published in: Human Factors in Air Transport

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Footnotes
1
Adapted from Goldhaber, S.Z. & Fanikos, J. (2004). Prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Journal of the American Heart Association.
 
2
Adapted from: FAA Travel Brochure Deep Vein Thrombosis and Travel.
 
3
Another study published by the same journal, examined 21 years of general aviation incidents between 1983 and 2003. In this period, 37 pilots either attempted or committed suicide by aircraft. More than a dozen of the pilots had psychiatric problems.
 
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Metadata
Title
Health and Fitness
Authors
Erik Seedhouse
Anthony Brickhouse
Kimberly Szathmary
E. David Williams
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Human Factors in Air Transport

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-13847-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-13848-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13848-6_3

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