Cancer incidence and mortality among flight personnel: A meta-analysis

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-224

  Ballard, Terri ^a   Lagorio, Susanna ^a   De Angelis, Giovanni ^a   Verdecchia, Arduino ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aviation; Cancer incidence; Mortality; Occupation; Review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034054909     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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