Cause-speciWc mortality in professional Xight crew and air traYc control oYcers: Wndings from two UK population-based cohorts of over 20,000 subjects

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-293

  Stavola, Bianca L De ^a   Pizzi, Costanza ^a   Clemens, Felicity ^a   Evans, Sally Ann ^b   Evans, Anthony D ^c   Silva, Isabel Dos Santos ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862688986     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0660-5     Document Type: Article

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