The risk of melanoma in airline pilots and cabin crew: A meta-analysis

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-58

  Sanlorenzo, Martina ^a,b   Wehner, Mackenzie R ^a,c   Linos, Eleni ^a   Kornak, John ^d   Kainz, Wolfgang ^e   Posch, Christian ^f   Vujic, Igor ^f   Johnston, Katia ^a   Gho, Deborah ^a   Monico, Gabriela ^a   McGrath, James T ^a   Osella Abate, Simona ^b   Quaglino, Pietro ^b   Cleaver, James E ^a   Ortiz Urda, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84921341146     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.1077     Document Type: Article

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