Passenger well-being in airplanes

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 80-85

  Hinninghofen, H ^a   Enck, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air quality; Aircraft cabins; Atmospheric pressure; Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Humidity; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBER; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MOTION; NAUSEA; NOISE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEAT; SPACE; STOMACH EMPTYING; VIBRATION; WELLBEING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR PRESSURE; AIRCRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MOTION SICKNESS; NAUSEA; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; OXYGEN; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VENTILATION; VOMITING;

EID: 33749138638     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.07.018     Document Type: Review

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