Cause-specific mortality among a cohort of U.S. flight attendants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

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

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

Author keywords

Cancer; Circadian rhythm disruption; Cohort; Cosmic radiation; Flight attendants; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155175185     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21011     Document Type: Article

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