Health and perception of cabin air quality among Swedish commercial airline crew

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Lindgren, T ^a,b   Norback D ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOIM O   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Atopy; Aviation Medicine; Cabin Air Quality; Environmental Tobacco Smoke; Indoor Air Quality; Sick Building Syndrome

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HAND; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NOSE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERCEPTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; THROAT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 20444432801     PISSN: 09085920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00353.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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