Assessment of occupational cosmic radiation exposure of flight attendants using questionnaire data

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1049-1054

  Anderson, Jeri L ^a   Waters, Martha A ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; CARI 6; Effective dose; Female; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 81555209873     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3091.2011     Document Type: Article

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