Airline acceptability of CPAP: Is relevant information available on airlines' websites?

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-88

  Walters, Gareth ^a   James, Amanda ^a   Gill, Simrat ^a   Banerjee, Dev ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; EMPLOYEE; INTERNET; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGENATION; POLICY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AIRCRAFT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONDON; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC POLICY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 77749239870     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00007     Document Type: Letter

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