Cancer incidence among Nordic airline cabin crew

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2886-2897

  Pukkala, Eero ^a,b   Helminen, Mika ^b   Haldorsen, Tor ^c   Hammar, Niklas ^d   Kojo, Katja ^b,e   Linnersjö, Anette ^d   Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur ^f   Tulinius, Hrafn ^g   Tveten, Ulf ^h   Auvinen, Anssi ^b,e  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^h INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

circadian disruptions; cohort study; cosmic radiation; neoplasms; occupational exposure; record linkage; registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRPLANE CREW; ALCOHOL RELATED CANCER; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN CANCER; SWEDEN;

AVIATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84867845948     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27551     Document Type: Article

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