- Flight Attendant Health Collaboration

Risk factors for breast cancer, including occupational exposures

November 6, 2018/in Cancer, Current Research, Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure /by anthonywbrown

Elisabete Weiderpass, Margrethe Meo, and Harri Vainio 3/02/2011 The knowledge on the etiology of breast cancer has advanced substantially in recent years, and several etiological factors are now firmly established. However, very few new discoveries have been made in relation to occupational risk factors. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has evaluated over 900 […]

The self-reported health of U.S. flight attendants compared to the general population

November 6, 2018/in Airplanes and Health, Cancer, Current Research, Fatigue, Respiratory Disease /by anthonywbrown

Eileen McNeely1*, Sara Gale1,2, Ira Tager2, Laurel Kincl3, Julie Bradley1, Brent Coull1 and Steve Hecker 3/10/2014 publications Abstract Background: Few studies have examined the broad health effects of occupational exposures in flight attendants apart from disease-specific morbidity and mortality studies. We describe the health status of flight attendants and compare it to the U.S. population. […]

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