Mortality among a cohort of U.S. commercial airline cockpit crew

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Jeri L. ; Deddens JA ; Pinkerton LE ; Yiin JH ; Yong LC
• Description:
  Background: We evaluated mortality among 5,964 former U.S. commercial cockpit crew (pilots and flight engineers). The outcomes of a priori interest were non-chronic lymphocytic leukemia, central nervous system (CNS) cancer (including brain), and malignant melanoma. Methods: Vital status was ascertained through 2008. Life table and Cox regression analyses were conducted. Cumulative exposure to cosmic radiation was estimated from work history data. Results: Compared to the U.S. general population, mortality from all causes, all cancer, and cardiovascular diseases was decreased, but mortality from aircraft accidents was highly elevated. Mortality was elevated for malignant melanoma but not for non-chronic lymphocytic leukemia. CNS cancer mortality increased with an increase in cumulative radiation dose. Conclusions: Cockpit crew had a low all-cause, all-cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality but elevated aircraft accident mortality. Further studies are needed to clarify the risk of CNS and other radiation-associated cancers in relation to cosmic radiation and other workplace exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aircraft Circadian Rhythm Electromagnetic Phenomena Men Morbidity Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Radiation Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Aircrews Author Keywords: Cancer Cancer Circadian-rhythms Cockpit Crew Cohort Study Cosmic Radiation Electromagnetic-fields Emission-sources Exposure-levels Flight-personnel Humans Injuries Jet-engine-fuels Jet-exhausts Morbidity-rates Mortality Mortality-rates Occupation Pilots Radiation-properties Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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:
  57
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044058
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Aug; 57(8):906-914
• Contact Point Address:
  Lee C.Yong, PhD, Surveillance Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mail Stop R-15, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  lay7@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4c880a3b2a98b24960632add289274cb7e60a563adf0509d7cf2562c47cdbd1abd0e1b4f70d3fc1ba516c24551673d4ed3e1c811578728c57dc53bd214baa9d2
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199909/cdc_199909_DS1.pdf
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