Aircraft air quality incidents: Symptoms, exposures and possible solutions

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 460-468

  Van Netten, Christian ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aircraft air quality; Aviation industry; Exposure assessment; Health symptoms

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXPOSURE; FILTER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; ISOMER; LABORATORY TEST; PYROLYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 33747479064     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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