Preflight medical clearance of ill and incapacitated passengers: 3-Year retrospective study of experience with a European airline

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 306-311

  Jorge, Anabela ^a   Pombal, Rui ^a,b   Peixoto, Helena ^a   Lima, Margarida ^a  

^a Integrated Health Care (TAP Group)   (Portugal)

^b Edif 35   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AVIATION; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 30944448042     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12602     Document Type: Article

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