Lifestyle of UK commercial aircrews relative to air traffic controllers and the general population

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 964-974

  Pizzi, Costanza ^a   Evans, Sally A ^b   De Stavola, Bianca L ^a   Evans, Anthony ^b   Clemens, Felicity ^a   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking habits; Anthropometry; Diet; Fertility; Medical history; Obesity; Physical exercise; Pilot; Reproductive behaviour; Smoking habits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; AIRPLANE CREW; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 53049105888     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2315.2008     Document Type: Article

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