Cosmic rays: Are air crew at risk?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 428-432

  Lim, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA BASE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRONICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE DELETION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATITUDE; LAW; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036062242     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.7.428     Document Type: Review

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