Effect of aircraft-cabin altitude on passenger discomfort

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Muhm, J Michael ^a   Rock, Paul B ^b   McMullin, Dianne L ^a   Jones, Stephen P ^a   Lu, I L ^a   Eilers, Kyle D ^a   Space, David R ^a   McMullen, Aleksandra ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXEMIA; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTION SICKNESS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PANIC; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 34347405737     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa062770     Document Type: Article

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