Open AccessCancer incidence among Norwegian airline cabin attendants
Author(s) -
Tor Haldorsen,
Jon B. Reitan,
U. Tveten
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.4.825
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , cancer registry , relative risk , demography , gynecology , confidence interval , physics , sociology , optics
Cabin crews are exposed to cosmic radiation at work and this may increase their incidence of radiation-induced cancers. Former studies indicate an increased risk of breast cancer.
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