Mortality among US commercial pilots and navigators

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 980-985

  Nicholas, Joyce S ^a,b   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^c   Mohr Jr , Lawrence C ^a,b   Dunbar, John B ^a   Grosche, Bernd ^d   Hoel, David G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CARCINOMA; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031783755     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199811000-00008     Document Type: Article

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