title: Health risks to air travelers.
abstract: With focused pretravel counseling and intervention, travelers can be prepared to avoid many risks of in-flight problems. Travel medicine practitioners can include appropriate guidance for in-flight health and safety in discussions during pretravel visits.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sohail
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000401:Aircraft; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009041:Motion Sickness; D010100:Oxygen; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D013398:Sudden Infant Death; D013927:Thrombosis; D014195:Travel; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen