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Contact lens use in the civil airman population / Van B. Nakagawara, Kathryn J. Wood, Ron W. Montgomery.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Nakagawara, Van B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air pilots--Health and hygiene.
- Air pilots.
- Contact lenses.
- Contact lenses--Complications.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Contact Lenses--adverse effects.
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Aerospace Medicine.
- Contact Lenses--statistics & numerical data.
- Contact Lenses.
- contact lenses.
- Medical Subjects:
- Contact Lenses--adverse effects.
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Aerospace Medicine.
- Contact Lenses--statistics & numerical data.
- Contact Lenses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, [2002]
- Summary:
- Since 1976, the use of contact lenses by civilian pilots has been permitted to correct distant vision for obtaining a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aeromedical certificate. This study examined the civil airman population's experience with contact lens use for a 30-year period (1967-97). It was found that professional pilots and older airmen are more inclined to use contact lenses to satisfy the aeromedical vision standards. Contact lenses can be a liability in some flight situations, but have performed well for the majority of aviators. The increasing use of contact lenses by airmen and the rapid changes in contact lens technology warrant monitoring to ensure continuing safe use in the aviation environment.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 23, 2007).
- "DOT/FAA/AM-02/6."
- "May 2002."
- "Final report."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Nakagawara, Van B. Contact lens use in the civil airman population
- Online version: Nakagawara, Van B. Contact lens use in the civil airman population.
- OCLC:
- 166267504
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