Predictors of skin cancer in commercial airline pilots

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 434-436

  Nicholas, Joyce S ^a   Swearingen, Christopher J ^a   Kilmer, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Air Line Pilots Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Epidemiological studies; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; IONIZING RADIATION; LATITUDE; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 69549113126     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp058     Document Type: Article

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