Impact of Cabin Ozone Concentrations on Passenger Reported Symptoms in Commercial Aircraft The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Bekö, Gabriel, Joseph G. Allen, Charles J. Weschler, Jose Vallarino, and John D. Spengler. 2015. “Impact of Cabin Ozone Concentrations on Passenger Reported Symptoms in Commercial Aircraft.” PLoS ONE 10 (5): e0128454. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128454. http:// dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128454. Published Version doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128454 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17295574 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA RESEARCH ARTICLE Impact of Cabin Ozone Concentrations on Passenger Reported Symptoms in Commercial Aircraft Gabriel Bekö1*, Joseph G. Allen2, Charles J. Weschler1,3, Jose Vallarino2, John D. Spengler2 1 International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 2 Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America *
[email protected] Abstract Due to elevated ozone concentrations at high altitudes, the adverse effect of ozone on air OPEN ACCESS quality, human perception and health may be more pronounced in aircraft cabins. The asso- Citation: Bekö G, Allen JG, Weschler CJ, Vallarino J, ciation between ozone and passenger-reported symptoms has not been investigated under Spengler JD (2015) Impact of Cabin Ozone real conditions since smoking was banned on aircraft and ozone converters became more Concentrations on Passenger Reported Symptoms in Commercial Aircraft.