Cancer Incidence in Airline Cabin Crew

Details

• Personal Author:
  Whelan, Elizabeth A.
• Description:
  Recent reports highlighting increased cancer incidence and mortality among airline pilots and cabin crew have raised concerns about potential exposure of these workers to known or suspected carcinogens, in particular cosmic ionising radiation. Higher radiation dose rates are found at higher altitudes and in the polar regions, and mean doses to flight crew have been increasing over time as longer flights at higher altitudes have become more frequent. Other possible hazards that may play a role in cancer risk for flight crew include irregular working hours and disturbances of circadian rhythm. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Aircraft
  • Carcinogens
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Mortality
  • Neoplasms
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Radiation
  • Safety
  • Shift Work Schedule
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Pilots
  • Flight-personnel
  • Cancer
  • Occupational-exposure
  • Work-environment
  • Carcinogens
  • Radiation-exposure
  • Occupational-hazards
  • Mortality-data
  • Skin-cancer
  More +
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023752
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2003 Nov; 60(11):805-806
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. E A Whelan, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-15, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• Email:
  ewhelan@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195953/cdc_195953_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 159.24 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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