Managing passengers with respiratory disease planning air travel: British Thoracic Society recommendations: British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-304

  Coker, Robina ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; AVIATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OXYGEN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036220950     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.4.289     Document Type: Review

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