Mortality from cancer and other causes in commercial airline crews: A joint analysis of cohorts from 10 countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 313-322

  Hammer, Gaël P ^a,b   Auvinen, Anssi ^c,e   De Stavola, Bianca L ^f   Grajewski, Barbara ^g   Gundestrup, Maryanne ^h   Haldorsen, Tor ⁱ   Hammar, Niklas ^j   Lagorio, Susanna ^k   Linnersjö, Anette ^j,l   Pinkerton, Lynne ^g   Pukkala, Eero ^c,d   Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur ^m   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^f   Storm, Hans H ⁿ   Strand, Trond Eirik ^o   Tzonou, Anastasia ^p   Zeeb, Hajo ^q   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Registre Morphologique des Tumeurs Laboratoire National de Santé E P   (Luxembourg)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

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

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

^h Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

ⁱ CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^l STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

ⁿ DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^o Forsvarsnett   (Norway)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^q LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREW MEMBER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIRCRAFT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898546641     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101395     Document Type: Article

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