Cosmic radiation increases the risk of nuclear cataract in airline pilots: A population-based case-control study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1102-1105

  Rafnsson, Vilhjalmur ^a   Olafsdottir, Eydis ^b   Hrafnkelsson, Jon ^b   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Arnarsson, Arsaell ^b   Jonasson, Fridbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATARACT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUNBURN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ICELAND; IONIZING RADIATION; LENS NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23844555815     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.8.1102     Document Type: Article

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