Air quality in aircraft

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-336

  Spengler, J D ^a   Wilson, D G ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft air quality; Ozone; Pesticides; Pressure; Relative humidity; Respiratory infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Tricresyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DISEASES; FILTRATION; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; LUBRICANTS; OZONE; VENTILATION;

FLIGHT CREWS; INFECTIOUS DISEASES;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR; AIRCRAFT;

EID: 1642300823     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440803322611688     Document Type: Article

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