Risk factors for skin cancer among finnish airline cabin crew

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 695-704

  Kojo, Katja ^a,b   Helminen, Mika ^b,c   Pukkala, Eero ^b,d   Auvinen, Anssi ^a,b  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

case control studies; cosmic radiation; occupational exposure; skin neoplasms; ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERAL POPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RAYS; DISEASES; RISK PERCEPTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DERMATOLOGY;

EID: 84880995488     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes106     Document Type: Article

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