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1	Cancer incidence in airline cabin crew
Authors	Whelan-EA
Source	Occup Environ Med 2003 Nov; 60(11):805-806
Link	http://oem.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/60/11/805
NIOSHTIC No.	20023752
Abstract	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.
Keywords	Pilots; Flight-personnel; Cancer; Occupational-exposure; Work-environment; Carcinogens; Radiation-exposure; Occupational-hazards; Mortality-data; Skin-cancer; Circadian-rhythms; Shift-work
Contact	Dr. E A Whelan, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-15, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
CODEN	OEMEEM
Publication Date	20031101
Document Type	Journal Article
Email Address	ewhelan@cdc.gov
Fiscal Year	2004
NTIS Accession No.
NTIS Price
Issue of Publication	11
ISSN	1351-0711
NIOSH Division	DSHEFS
Source Name	Occupational and Environmental Medicine
State	OH

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