Mortality among pilots and cabin crew in Greece, 1990-1997

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-247

  Paridou, A ^a   Velonakis, E ^b   Langner, I ^c   Zeeb, H ^c   Blettner, M ^c   Tzonou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airline pilots; Cabin crew; Cohort study; Cosmic radiation; Follow up study; Mortality; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

GREECE;

EID: 0038187649     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg056     Document Type: Article

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