Because of the unique occupational risk factors of commercial pilots, cabin crew, and flight attendants, numerous studies have investigated their risks for variousdiseases. Ingeneral,mortality from cancer, as well as cardiovascular, respiratory, and cerebrovascular diseases, is significantly lower inpilotsandcabincrewcomparedwith the general population.1 However, despite their overall improved ...

BACKGROUND Many epidemiological studies point to an increased risk of breast cancer among female airline cabin crew. Possible causes include occupational factors (e.g. cosmic radiation exposure, chronodisruption), as well as lifestyle and reproductive factors. AIMS To investigate the frequency of various risk factors in German flight attendants which are recognised to be associated with breas...

항공 사고는 첨단 기술의 발달로 꾸준히 감소해 왔지만, 여전히 발생하고 있다. 조종사는 목적지 공항까지 안전하고 효율적으로 비행하기 위해 위협과 오류를 관리해야 한다. 조종사에게 영향을 미치는 위협은 환경적 항공사 위협으로 나눌 수 있으며, 환경사위협에는 객실 위협이 포함된다. 조종사와 승무원은 정상적인 운항 중에는 협력이 필요하며, 비상시에는 안전한 비행을 효과적인 절대적으로 필요하다. 조종사가 비행 중에 간섭이나 작업 흐름의 중단이 발생할 때 에러를 할 가능성이 높 아진다. 항공사들은 안전 운항을 방해할 있는 객실위협의 종류를 적극적으로 식별하고 분석하여, 조종 사들이 유지하기 위해서 위협을 관리하도록 절차 및 훈련을 개선해야 본 연구는 관리시스템(SMS)의 안전도구인 LOSA(Line Operat...

Lindgren T. Cabin Air Quality in Commercial Aircraft Exposure, Symptoms and Signs. Comprehensive Summaries of Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine. MEDFARM 2003/564. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5631-6 The objective of the dissertation was to study the cabin environment, and identify personal and environmental risk factors, associated with symptoms, and perception of cabin air quality. Another ob...

In this paper, we present the concept of a telematics system that not only opens an audiovisual communication channel to groundbased doctors, but also provides them with medical background information on the patient (e.g. contraindication of certain medicaments, affliction with haemophilia, diabetes). This information can be a vital supplement to the diagnostic data (e.g. electrocardiogram, oxi...

In this paper, we present the concept of a telematics system that not only opens an audiovisual communication channel to ground-based doctors, but also provides them with medical background information on the patient (e.g. contraindication of certain medicaments, affliction with haemophilia, diabetes). This information can be a vital supplement to the diagnostic data (e.g. electrocardiogram, ox...

In everyday speech, the phrases “human factors” and “the human factor” frequently refer to individual quirks of behavior which may be irrational and difficult to explain and which can be called upon, in the absence of any hardware failure, to account for unfortunate events such as accidents. Implicit in this everyday usage is the notion that behavior is unpredictable and that the addition of a ...

This article reviews the current knowledge about cosmic rays and their possible effects on health of air crew, discusses research directions necessary for establishing and measuring the risks, and highlights the need for physicians and air crew to be informed, despite the inconclusiveness of the evidence. A literature review of computerised medical and scientific databases was carried out. Rece...