A review on some of the problems associated with long-distance journeys

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-127

  Reilly, T ^a   Waterhouse, Jim ^a   Edwards, B ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Ambient humidity; Ambient temperature; Hypoxia; Jet lag; Pollution; Travel fatigue

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MELATONIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPOXIA; JET LAG; LANGUAGE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL;

AIR POLLUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DIET; FATIGUE; HABITS; HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 43549119286     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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