Air travel and radiation risks - Review of current knowledge;Flugreisen und strahlenrisiken - Eine aktuelle übersicht

Umweltmedizin in Forschung und Praxis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 349-360

  Zeeb, Hajo ^a   Blettner, Maria ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircrew; Cancer; Cosmic radiation; Epidemiologic studies; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; AVIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 12544252334     PISSN: 14308681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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