Assessing fitness to fly in young infants and children [2]

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-279

  Hall, G L ^a,b   Verheggen, M ^b   Stick, S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AVIATION; CHILD CARE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD; FEMALE; INFANT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

OXYGEN;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33947579831     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.071118     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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3. Dillard TA, Moores IX, Bilello KL, et al. The preflight evaluation. A comparison of the hypoxia inhalation test with hypobaric exposure. Chest 1995;107:352-7.
4. Buchdahl RM, Babiker A, Bush A, et al. Predicting hypoxaemia during flights in children with cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2001;56:877-9.