这项研究是ASHRAE项目的一部分，旨在调查感知的健康症状和不适与机舱环境条件和人为因素之间的潜在联系。NRC提交国会的报告（2002年）要求提供此类数据，这些数据是支持ASHRAE标准制定过程所必需的。该项目的第一部分使用了过去研究和文献综述的结果来指导测量系统和方案以及调查工具的开发。这些工具随后在四架商用飞机上进行了飞行员测试和验证。第二部分将根据单独的合同，利用经验证的测量和调查工具收集飞机类型和航线的统计样本数据，并将乘客和机组人员的健康和舒适度调查结果与观察到的空气质量和环境变量联系起来。引文:ASHRAE研究

This study is part of an ASHRAE program aimed at investigating the potential link between perceived health symptoms and discomfort on one hand, and aircraft cabin environmental conditions and human factors on the other. Such data were called for in the NRC report to Congress (2002), and are needed to support ASHRAE’s standard setting process. Part I of the project has used the results from past studies and a literature review to guide the development of a measurement system and protocol, and a survey tool. These tools were then pilot tested and validated on four commercial aircraft flights. Part II, which will be under separate contract, will utilize the validated measurement and survey tools to collect data on a statistical sample of aircraft types and routings, and relate the health and comfort survey results from passengers and crew to the air quality and environmental variables observed.