Air travel in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Low, James A ^a   Chan, Daniel K Y ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disorientation; Economy class syndrome; Flight; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AIRCRAFT; ANEMIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPOXIA; INFECTION RISK; LUNG EMBOLISM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTION SICKNESS; OXYGENATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRCRAFT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036191266     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.1.17     Document Type: Review

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