Breast cancer incidence in a cohort of U.S. flight attendants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-266

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Anderson, Jeri L ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Little, Mark P ^b   Sigurdson, Alice J ^b   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm disruption; Cohort studies; Cosmic; Flight crew; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AVIATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AIR TRAVEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922631866     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22419     Document Type: Article

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