Cancer Incidence in Airline Cabin Crew

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• 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 Skin Skin Diseases Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Cancer Circadian-rhythms Flight-personnel Mortality-data Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Pilots Radiation-exposure Shift-work Skin-cancer Work-environment

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• 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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195953/cdc_195953_DS1.pdf
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