Airliner cabin air quality

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 279-292

  Thibeault, Claude ^a,b  

^a Occupational Health Services   (Canada)

^b Air Canada Centre 1239   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRCRAFT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROCLIMATE; PRESSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; PRESSURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 33845298042     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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