Development of historical exposure estimates of cosmic radiation and circadian rhythm disruption for cohort studies of Pan Am flight attendants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Waters, Martha A ^a   Grajewski, Barbara ^a   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Zivkovich, Zachary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Cosmic radiation; Exposure assessment; Flight attendants; Flight crew; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRAVEL; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349275883     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20738     Document Type: Article

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