Exposure to cosmic radiation of British Airways flying crew on ultralonghaul routes

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 495-498

  Bagshaw, M ^a   Irvine, D ^a   Davies, D M ^a  

^a BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmic radiation; flying crew; longhaul flights

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0029683515     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.7.495     Document Type: Article

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