NTL Record

Title Effects of ozone on exercising and sedentary adult men and women representative of the flight attendant population.
Record ID 39386
Personal Name
Creator
Higgins, E.A.; Lategola, M.T.; McKenzie, J.M.; Melton, C.E.; Vaughan, J.A.
Corporate Creator Civil Aeromedical Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19791000
Language English
Abstract Three studies at two ozone concentrations have been carried out in an attempt to define the effect level for ozone under simulated flight conditions. All experiments were carried out in an altitude chamber held at 6,000 feet MSL; relative humidity was kept at 10-12 percent and temperature at 68 - 74 deg F. Subjects were paid nonsmoking men and women in their third decade who had the anthropomorphic characteristics of airline flight attendants. All subjects were exposed to ozone in one experiment and to air only in another. Order of presentation of the experiments was balanced, and sessions were separated by 1 week. Study 1 consisted of exposure of 15 men and 12 women to 0.20 parts per million by volume (ppmv) ozone for 4 h with treadmill exercise for the last 10 min of each hour. In the second study 14 men and 14 women were exposed to 0.30 ppmv ozone for 3 h with 10 min exercise at the end of each hour. The third study consisted of exposure of 14 men and 14 women to 0.30 ppmv without exercise. Cardiopulmonary, performance, visual, and symptoms assessments were made.
Rosap ID dot:21173
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21173
TRT Terms Flight attendants; Air pollution; Ozone; Respiratory system; Vision; Heart rate; Memory; Blood analysis; Urinalysis; Test chambers; Flight simulators; Laboratory tests; Questionnaires; Human subject testing; Physiological aspects
General Subjects Flight attendants; Air--Pollution--Physiological effect; Ozone--Physiological effect; Respiration; Vision; Heart beat; Memory; Blood--Analysis; Urine--Analysis; Spirometry; Treadmill exercise tests; Flight simulators; Questionnaires
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FAA-AM-79-20; DOT/FAA/AM-79/20
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39300/39386/Am79-20.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository