Altitude exposures during commercial flight: A reappraisal

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-31

  Hampson, Neil B ^a   Kregenow, David A ^a   Mahoney, Anne M ^a   Kirtland, Steven H ^a   Horan, Kathleen L ^a   Holm, James R ^a   Gerbino, Anthony J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Cabin altitude; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPRESSED AIR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; AVIATION; COMPRESSED AIR; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871583986     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3438.2013     Document Type: Article

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