Mortality from cancer and other causes among male airline cockpit crew in Europe

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 946-952

  Blettner, Maria ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^b   Ballard, Terri J ^c   Caldora, Massimiliano ^c   Eliasch, Harald ^d   Gundestrup, Maryanne ^e   Haldorsen, Tor ^f   Hammar, Niklas ^g   Hammer, Gaël P ^h   Irvine, David ⁱ   Langner, Ingo ^a   Paridou, Alexandra ^j   Pukkala, Eero ^k   Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur ^l   Storm, Hans ^m   Tulinius, Hrafn ⁿ   Tveten, Ulf ^o   Tzonou, Anastasia ^j  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Swedish SAS   (Sweden)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^f CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ BRITISH AIRWAYS   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^k FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^m DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

ⁿ ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^o INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Mortality; Pilots; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRCRAFT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0041837604     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11328     Document Type: Article

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