Cancer incidence among Norwegian airline pilots

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-111

  Haldorsen, Tor ^a   Reitan, Jon B ^b   Tveten, Ulf ^c  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cosmic radiation; Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Malignant melanoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

NORWAY;

EID: 0034015876     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.519     Document Type: Article

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