Breast cancer in female flight attendants

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9128, 1998, Pages 626-

  Mawson, Anthony R ^a  

^a Carolinas Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JET LAG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032558339     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79582-9     Document Type: Article

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