Risk of breast cancer is also increased among Danish female airline cabin attendants: Table 1
BMJPublished 27 January 1996
Elsebeth Lynge
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Women made up the overwhelming majority of the cohort, and they were found to have an excess risk of cancer of the breast, and the incidence of cancer among a cohort of Finnish airline cabin attendants was reported.
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EDITOR,—Eero Pukkala and colleagues report the incidence of cancer among a cohort of Finnish airline cabin attendants.1 Women made up the overwhelming majority of the cohort, and they were found to have an excess risk of cancer of the breast (number of cases observed, 20; standardised incidence ratio …
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MedicineEnvironmental Science
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Concentration of the excess risks to primary sites sensitive to radiation suggests that ionising radiation during flights may add to the cancer risk of all flight personnel.
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The cohort of persons who were 20-64 years of age at the time of the 1970 census has been followed for cancer incidence for a ten-year period, and the social pattern in cancer incidence correlated well with the pattern for cancer mortality among men.