Cosmic radiation in commercial aviation

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Bagshaw, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic radiation; Ionising radiation; Pilot mortality; Solar flares

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AVIATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOLAR CYCLE;

AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TRAVEL;

EID: 43249114097     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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