The risk of melanoma in pilots and cabin crew: UV measurements in flying airplanes

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 450-452

  Sanlorenzo, Martina ^a   Vujic, Igor ^a   Posch, Christian ^a   Cleaver, James E ^a   Quaglino, Pietro ^b   Ortiz Urda, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; CANCER RISK; LETTER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRCRAFT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AIRCRAFT; HUMANS; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84928238881     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.4643     Document Type: Letter

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