Cancer incidence among Norwegian airline cabin attendants

Haldorsen, Tor; Reitan, Jon B.; Tveten, U.

doi:10.1093/ije/30.4.825

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“…Details about this system have been reported elsewhere (11). For every year during the observation period, each cabin attendant was characterized by the number of days with a license, used as a proxy variable for occupational exposure.…”

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“…Both cohorts offered a more precise categorization of exposure than in the previous Norwegian study with respect to both persons exposed and quantification of the exposure in terms of time (8)(9). The CAA cohort has previously been utilized in a study of cancer incidence (10)(11). In our present study, these cohorts were linked with the Medical Birth Register of Norway to assess whether exceeding risks of adverse pregnancy outcome occur for the offspring of airline pilots and cabin attendants.…”

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Pregnancy outcome among offspring of airline pilots and cabin attendants

Irgens¹,

Irgens²,

Reitan³

et al. 2003

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Objectives This study assessed the occurrence of perinatal death, low birthweight, preterm birth, and birth defects (total, major, neural tube defects, total cleft, cleft palate, hypospadias, and Down syndrome) in the offspring of airline pilots and cabin attendants.Methods A cohort of offspring of airline pilots and cabin attendants was established and characterized in terms of parental exposure to cosmic radiation the year before birth or ever. Pregnancy outcome was derived from the Medical Birth Register of Norway. The reference group comprised offspring of parents without occupational exposure to cosmic radiation. ResultsNo deviant risks were observed for the offspring of male pilots, either for the year preceding birth (N=2111) or ever (N=2356). Specific birth outcomes were fewer for the pilots than for the referents (N=1 621 186), except for Down syndrome, which was more frequent [odds ratio (OR) 1.41, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.53-3.76]. For exposure the year preceding birth (N=2512), the risk of low birthweight was lower for the female cabin attendants than for the referents (adjusted OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.69-1.00), while Down syndrome was more frequent (OR 1.44, 95% CI 0.60-3.47). For exposure ever (N=3346), the risk of low birthweight was lower (OR 0.82, 95% CI 0.70-0.96) for the cabin attendants, while hypospadias (OR 1.18, 95% CI 0.61-3.04) and Down syndrome (OR 1.79, 95% CI 0.03-3.45) were more frequent. ConclusionsIn general, offspring of air pilots and cabin attendants do not seem to be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcome.

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Pregnancy outcome among offspring of airline pilots and cabin attendants

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Irgens²,

Reitan³

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“…A number of investigations [29,91,94,196] of airline pilots and cabin crew who might presumably be routinely exposed to cosmic radiation during high-altitude flight have also produced results suggestive of an increase in risk of melanoma.…”

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Melanoma Epidemiology and Prevention

Berwick

Buller

Cust

et al. 2015

Cancer Treatment and Research

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The epidemiology of melanoma is complex, and individual risk depends on sun exposure, host factors, and genetic factors, and in their interactions as well. Sun exposure can be classified as intermittent, chronic, or cumulative (overall) exposure, and each appears to have a different effect on type of melanoma. Other environmental factors, such as chemical exposures-either through occupation, atmosphere, or food-may increase risk for melanoma, and this area warrants further study. Host factors that are well known to be important are the numbers and types of nevi and the skin phenotype. Genetic factors are classified as

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“…In case of studies on flight attendants (156)(157)(158)(159)(160)(161)(162)(163)(164)(165)), some of whom tested positive for breast cancer (table 2), many authors claimed the possible concomitant exposure was associated with other risk factors, such as cosmic radiation and jetlag, although no study could report any quantification. This was also the case for the radio and telegraph operators investigated by Tynes et al (8), for whom "shift work highly reflects frequent presence in the radio room both at night and during the day, with possible exposure to light at night, and RF [radio frequency] and ELF [extremely low frequency] fields.…”

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