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Fundamentals of aerospace medicine / Jeffrey R. Davis, MD, MS [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Jeffrey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aviation medicine.
- Space medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1671 pages)
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine addresses the medical and public health issues involved in the care of crews, passengers, and support personnel in aircraft and space vehicles. The text is intended for specialists who treat combat pilots, where acceleration environments provide challenges to human performance, and for physicians treating commercial aviation professionals who are exposed to new diseases and risks by an increasingly mobile populace. Specific chapters include the physiology of flying on the body and specific clinical considerations, including headache, respiratory disease, radiation exposure, and cardiovascular disease"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9751-4387-6
- 1-9751-4388-4
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