Mortality from cancer and other causes in commercial airline crews: a joint analysis of cohorts from 10 countries

Gaël P Hammer; Anssi Auvinen; Bianca L De Stavola; Barbara Grajewski; Maryanne Gundestrup; Tor Haldorsen; Niklas Hammar; Susanna Lagorio; Anette Linnersjö; Lynne Pinkerton; Eero Pukkala; Vilhjálmur Rafnsson; Isabel dos–Santos–Silva; Hans H Storm; Trond-Eirik Strand; Anastasia Tzonou; Hajo Zeeb; Maria Blettner

doi:10.1136/oemed-2013-101395

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Mortality from cancer and other causes in commercial airline crews: a joint analysis of cohorts from 10 countries

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Gaël P Hammer Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Registre Morphologique des Tumeurs, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anssi Auvinen School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland (STUK) Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bianca L De Stavola Departments of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Barbara Grajewski National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maryanne Gundestrup Clinic of Aviation Medicine, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tor Haldorsen Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Niklas Hammar Unit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susanna Lagorio National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anette Linnersjö Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lynne Pinkerton National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eero Pukkala School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vilhjálmur Rafnsson University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Isabel dos–Santos–Silva Departments of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hans H Storm Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Trond-Eirik Strand Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services, Institute of Aviation Medicine, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anastasia Tzonou University of Athens, Athens, Greece PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hajo Zeeb Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Blettner Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Gaël Paul Hammer, Registre Morphologique des Tumeurs, Laboratoire National de Santé E.P., L-3555 Dudelange, Luxembourg; gael.hammer{at}lns.etat.lu

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Hammer GP, Auvinen A, De Stavola BL, et al

Mortality from cancer and other causes in commercial airline crews: a joint analysis of cohorts from 10 countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2014;71:313-322.

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Received February 20, 2013
Revised November 22, 2013
Accepted December 4, 2013
First published January 3, 2014.

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April 27, 2016

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