Health issues of air travel

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue , 2003, Pages 133-151

  DeHart, Roy L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cabin air quality; Deep vein thrombosis; Inflight medical events; On board medical kits; Transport of disease and vectors

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLUENZA; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTION SICKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOISE REDUCTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION; YELLOW FEVER; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROCLIMATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FIRST AID; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038504032     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.24.100901.140853     Document Type: Review

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