Cancer incidence in airline cabin crew

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 805-806

  Whelan, E A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AIRPLANE CREW; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COSMIC RADIATION; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242298190     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.11.805     Document Type: Editorial

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