Cabin air quality: Indoor pollutants and climate during intercontinental flights with and without tobacco smoking

Indoor Air

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-272

  Lindgren, T ^a,b   Norback D ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOIM O   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Commercial airline crew, Aerospace medicine; Environmental tobacco smoke, Indoor air quality, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Occupational exposure, Respirable particles, Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; TOBACCO;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; COMMERCIAL AIRLINE CREW, AEROSPACE MEDICINE; COMMERCIAL AIRLINES; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, OZONE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE, RESPIRABLE PARTICLE, SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRABLE PARTICLES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; DISINFECTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0036981379     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2002.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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