Low Birth Weight and the Natality Experience of Female Aviators in the US Air Force Military Airlift Command and Strategic Airlift Command from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 1994.

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to look back to find if there is reason either from the literature or from the actual natality experience of Air Force aviators to believe that the current policy of allowing women to fly tankers and transports while pregnant poses a health risk to the mother or fetus. This thesis presents the demographics of the Natality experience of Air Force Aviators in Military Airlift Command and Strategic Airlift Command from 1980 to 1994 and compares the risk of Air Force aviators delivering term low birth weight infants to Air Force office workers at the same bases during the same time frames.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 1997
Accession Number
ADA325723

Entities

People

  • Gilbert R. Hansen

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Body Weight
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Flight Crews
  • Health Services
  • Identification Systems
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Therapy

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