Risk of cancer mortality among the longitudinal study of astronaut health (LSAH) participants

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-144

  Hamm, Peggy B ^a,c   Billica, Roger D ^a   Johnson, Gaylen S ^b   Wear, Mary L ^b   Pool, Sam L ^a  

^a KRUG Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Epidemiology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0031917873     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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