Cosmic radiation and magnetic field exposure to airline flight crews

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 574-580

  Nicholas, Joyce S ^a,c   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Butler, Gary C ^b   Mohr Jr , Lawrence C ^a,c   Dunbar, John B ^a   Kaune, William T ^d   Grosche, Bernd ^e   Hoel, David G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Airline Pilots Association International   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EM Factors   (United States)

^e BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmic radiation; Exposure assessment; Flight attendants; Magnetic fields; Pilots

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMIC RADIATION; DEVICE; FETOTOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031775489     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199812)34:6<574::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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