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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:830-832
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Cancer

Commentary: Cancer in the air

Elsebeth Lynge

University of Copenhagen, Institute of Public Health, Blegdamsvej 3,DK-2000, Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: elsebeth@pubhealth.ku.dk

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Commercial air transport is a rapidly growing business and the work of aircrews entails occupational exposure to cosmic radiation mostly in the range of 2–4 mSv/year. In 1991, the International Commission on Radiological Protection recommended an occupational exposure limit of 20 mSv/year.1 The actual exposure level of aircrews is thus normally well below the recommended limit. This limit is based, however, on disease occurrence in populations exposed to other types of ionizing radiation, e.g. following the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. A detailed monitoring of the long-term health consequences of aircrew work is therefore well justified. The study by Haldorsen et al.2 reported in this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology forms part of the monitoring activity.

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