Cosmic radiation and mortality from cancer among male German airline pilots: Extended cohort follow-up

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Hammer, Gaël Paul ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a   Langner, Ingo ^b   Zeeb, Hajo ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aviation; Cancer; Cohort study; Germany; Ionising radiation; Mortality; Occupation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

AIRCRAFT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863722137     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9698-2     Document Type: Article

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