Ocular, nasal, dermal and general symptoms among commercial airline crews

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 475-483

  Lindgren, Torsten ^a,b   Andersson, K ^c   Dammstrom B G ^a   Norback D ^b  

^a STOIM O   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Dept of Occup and Environ Med ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Atopy; Aviation medicine; Cabin air quality; Environmental tobacco smoke; Indoor air quality; Psychosocial work environment; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGE; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AVIATION; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRY SKIN; EYE DISEASE; FACE DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GENDER; HAND DISEASE; HAY FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE IRRITATION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SYMPTOM; THROAT DISEASE; VERTIGO; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AVIATION; EYE DISEASES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036765359     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0330-8     Document Type: Article

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