A certain increased incidence of skin cancer in pilots;Viss ökning av hudcancer hos piloter

Lakartidningen

Volumn 100, Issue 26-27, 2003, Pages 2297-2299

  Hammar, Niklas ^a,b   Eliasch, Harald ^c   Linnersjö, Anette ^b   Dammström, Bo Göran ^c   Johansson, Maritha ^c   Pukkala, Eero ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c Flygvapnet ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SKIN CANCER; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN TUMOR;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043132158     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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