[Medical aspects of commercial air travel]

(Aspects médicaux des voyages aériens commerciaux.)

Full Abstract

A high proportion of commercial plane passengers are children:
two million fly every year on Air-France airlines. In this field, the physician can be called upon to authorize or prohibit travelling. He could take measures or offer his services at the request of the cabin staff. The authors review flight physiology and stress, their potential effects on healthy children or those with medical conditions, and their fitness to fly.

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Author information

Author/s: Boussemart, T (T); Port-Lis, M (M); Bonardi, J-M (JM);

Affiliation: Service de pédiatrie, CH du Mans, 72037 Le Mans cedex, France. thoussemart(-atsign-)ch-lemans.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie (Arch Pediatr), published in France. (Language: fre)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 13 (issue 8) : pp 1160-8

Dates: Created 2006/08/08; Completed 2006/10/05; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 16806861, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Aviation - standards
Child
France

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