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Bagshaw, M. (2000). Perspectives of those impacted: An airline's perspective. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 608-609.
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Barish, R. (1999). In-flight radiation: Counseling patients about risk. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, Vol. 12, pp. 195-199.
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Bartlett, D. (2004). Radiation protection aspects of the cosmic radiation exposure of aircraft crew. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 109, pp. 345-355.
Bartlett, D., & Bottollier-Depois, J.-F. (2005). International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC85/SC2 WG21: Dosimetry for exposures to cosmic radiation in civilian aircraft. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol 113, pp. 1-2.
Battistoni, G., Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., & Villari, R. (2004). Monte Carlo calculation of the angular distribution of cosmic rays at flight altitudes. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 112, pp. 331-343.
Beck, P., Bartlett, D., Lindborg, L., McAulay, I., Schnuer, K., Schraube, H., & Spurny, F. (2006). Aircraft crew radiation workplaces: Comparison of measured and calculated ambient dose equivalent rate data using the EURADOS in-flight radiation data base. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 118, pp. 182-189.
Beck, P., Bartlett, D., O'Brien, K., & Schrewe, U. (1999). In-flight validation and routine measurements. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 86, pp. 303-308.
Blakely, E. (2000). Biological effects of cosmic radiation: Deterministic and stochastic. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 495-506.
Blettner, M., & Zeeb, H. (1999). Epidemiological studies among pilots and cabin crew. Radiation Protection Dosimetry , Vol. 86, pp. 269-273.
Boice, J., Jr., Blettner, M., & Auvinen, A. (2000). Epidemiologic studies of pilots and aircrew. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 576-584.
Bottollier-Depois, J., Chau, Q., Bouisset, P., Kerlau, G., Plawinski, L., & Lebaron-Jacobs, L. (2003). Assessing exposure to cosmic radiation on board aircraft. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 32, pp. 59-66.
Bottollier-Depos, J., Trompier, F., Clairand, I., Spurny, F., Bartlett, D., Beck, P., Lewis, B., Lindborg, L., O'Sullivan, D., Roos, H., & Tommasino, L. (2004). Exposure of aircraft crew to cosmic radiation: On-board intercomparison of various dosemeters. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol., 110, pp. 411-415.
Buja, A., Lange, J., Perissinotto, E., Rausa, G., Grigoletto, F., Canova, C., & Mastrangelo, G. (2005). Cancer incidence among male military and civil pilots and flight attendants: An analysis on published data. Toxicology & Industrial Health, Vol. 21, pp. 273-282.
Buja, A., Mastrangelo, G., Perissinotto, E., Grigoletto, F., Frigo, A., Rausa, G., Marin, V., Canova, C., & Dominici, F. (2006). Cancer incidence among female flight attendants: a meta-analysis of published data. Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 15, pp. 98-105.
Butler, G., Nicholas, J., Lackland, D., & Friedberg, W. (2000). Perspectives of those impacted: Airline pilot's perspective. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 602-609.
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Carter, E. (2000). Perspectives of those impacted: Flight attendant's perspective. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 600-601.
Chen, J., Lewis, B., Bennet, L., Green, A., & Tracy, B. (2005). Estimated neutron dose to embryo and foetus during commercial flight. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 114, pp. 475-480.
Curzio, G., Grillmaier, R., O'Sullivan, D., Pellicioni, M., Piermattei, S., & Tommasino, L. (2001). The Italian national survey of aircrew exposure: I. Characterisation of advanced instrumentation. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 93, pp. 115-123.
Curzio, G., Grillmaier, R., O'Sullivan, D., Pellicioni, M., Piermattei, S., & Tommasino, L. (2001). The Italian national survey of aircrew exposure: II. Onboard measurements and results. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 93, pp. 125-133.
Davies, D. (1993). Cosmic radiation in Concorde operations and the impact of the new ICRP recommendations on commercial aviation. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 48, pp. 121-124.
Deadman, J., & Infante-Rivard, C. (2002). Individual estimation of exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in jobs commonly held by women. American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol.155, pp. 368-378.
DeAngelis, G., Caldora, M., Santaquilani, M., Scipione, R., & Verdecchia, A. (2001). Radiation-induced biological effects on crew members: A combined analysis on atmospheric flight personnel. Physica Medica, Vol. 17, Suppl. 1, pp. 173-174.
DeAngelis, G., Caldora, M., Santaquilani, M., Scipione, R., & Verdecchia, A. (2001). Radiation exposure of civilian airline crew members and associated biological effects due to the atmospheric ionizing radiation environment. Physica Medica, Vol. 17, Suppl. 1, pp. 258-260.
DeAngelis, G., Caldora, M., Santaquilani, M., Scipione, R., & Verdecchia, A. (2001). Health risks from radiation exposure for civilian aviation flight personnel: A study of Italian airline crew members. Radiation Research, Vol. 156, (5 Pt. 2), pp. 689-694.
DeAngelis, G., Caldora, M., Santaquilani, M., Scipione, R., & Verdecchia, A. (2002). Radiation-induced health effects on atmospheric flight crew members: Clues for radiation-related risk analysis. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 30, pp. 1017-1020.
Diffey, B., & Roscoe, A. (1990). Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation in flight. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 61, pp. 1032-1035.
Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., & Rancati, T. (2001). A method applicable to effective dose rate estimates for aircrew dosimetry. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 96, pp. 219-222.
Ferrari, A., Pelliccioni, M., & Villari, R. (2004). Evaluation of the influence of aircraft shielding on the aircrew exposure through an aircraft mathematical model. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 108, pp. 91-105.
Friedberg, W., Copeland, K., Duke, F., & Darden, E. (2005). Annual effective dose of ionizing radiation from natural sources: United States based airline pilots compared with non-flying residents of the United States. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 36, pp. 1653-1656.
Friedberg, W., Copeland, K., Duke, F., Nicholas, J., Darden, E. & O'Brien, K. (2002). Radiation exposure of aircrews. Occupational Medicine, Vol. 17, pp. 293-309.
Friedberg, W., Copeland, K., Duke, F., O'Brien, K., & Darden, E., (2000). Radiation exposure during air travel: Guidance provided by the Federal Aviation Administration for air carrier crews. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 591-595.
Friedberg, W., Faulkner, D., Snyder, L., Darden, E., & O'Brien, K. (1989). Galactic cosmic radiation exposure and associated health risks for air carrier crewmembers. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 60, pp. 1104-1108.
Friedberg, W., Snyder, L., Faulkner, D., Darden, E., & O'Brien, K. (1993). Effects of radiation exposure on air carrier crew members examined. Cabin Crew Safety, Vol. 26, pp. 1-8.
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Geeze, D. S. (1998). Pregnancy and in-flight cosmic radiation. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 69, 106-114.
Goldhagen, P. (2000). Overview of aircraft radiation exposure and recent Er-2 measurements. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 526-544.
Goldhagen, P., Clem, J., & Wilson, J. (2004). The energy spectrum of cosmic-ray induced neutrons measured on an airplane over a wide range of altitude and latitude. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 110, pp. 387-392.
Grajewski, B., Waters, M., Whelan, E., & Bloom, T. (2002). Radiation dose estimation for epidemiologic studies of flight attendants. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 41, pp. 27-37.
Green, A., Bennet, L., Lewis, B., Tume, P., Andrews, H., Noulty, R., & Ing, H. (2006). Characterisation of bubble detectors for aircrew and space radiation exposure. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 120, pp. 485-490.
Gundestrup, M., & Storm, H. (1999). Radiation-induced acute myeloid leukaemia and other cancers in commercial jet cockpit crew: A population-based cohort study. Lancet, Vol. 354, pp. 2029-2031.
Hajek, M., Berger, T., & Vana, N. (2004). A TLD-based personal dosemeter system for aircrew monitoring. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 110, pp. 337-341.
Hammer, G., Zeeb, H., Tveten, U., & Blettner, M. (2000). Comparing different methods of estimating cosmic radiation exposure of airline personnel. Radiation & Environmental Biophysics, Vol. 39, pp. 227-231.
Hood, W., Nicholas, J., Butler, G., Lackland, D., Hoel, D., & Mohr, L. (2000). Magnetic field exposure of commercial airline pilots. Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 10, p. 479.
Kendall, G. (2000). Factors affecting cosmic-ray doses at aircraft altitudes. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 560-562.
Kojo, K., Aspholm, R., & Auvinen, A. (2004). Occupational radiation dose estimation for Finnish aircraft cabin attendants. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment, & Health, Vol. 30, pp. 157-163.
Kojo, K., Pukkala, E., & Auvinen, A. (2005). Breast cancer risk among Finnish cabin attendants: A nested case-control study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 62, pp. 488-493.
Lantos, P. (2005) Radiation doses potentially received on-board aeroplanes during recent solar particle events. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 118, pp. 363-374.
Lantos, P., Fuller, N., & Bottollier-Depois, J.-F. (2003). Methods for estimating radiation doses received by commercial aircrew. Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 74, pp. 746-752.
Lecouturier, B. (1999). Radiation protection: The specific case of cabin crew. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 86, pp. 317-318.
Lewis, B., Bennett, L., Green, A., McCall, M., Ellaschuk, B., Butler, A., & Pierre, M. (2002). Galactic solar radiation exposure to aircrew during a solar cycle. Radiation Protections Dosimetry, Vol. 102, pp. 207-227.
Lewis, B., Desormeaux, M., Green, A., Bennett, L., Butler, A., McCall, M., & Saez-Vergara, J. (2004). Assessment of aircrew radiation exposure by further measurements and model development. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 111, pp. 151-171.
Lewis, B., McCall, M., Green, A., Bennett, L., Pierre, M., Schrewe, U., O'Brien, K., & Felsberger, E. (2001). Aircrew exposure from cosmic radiation on commercial airline routes. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 93, pp. 293-314.
Lewis, B., Tume, P.,Bennett, L., Pierre, M., Green, A., Cousins, T., Hoffarth, B., Jones, T., & Brisson, J. (1999). Cosmic radiation exposure on Canadian-based commercial airline routes. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 86, pp. 7-24.
Lim, M. (2001). Exposure of airline pilots and cabin crew to cosmic radiation during flight -- what's the fuss? Annals, Academy of Medicine Singapore, Vol. 30, pp. 494-498.
Lim, M. (2002). Cosmic rays: Are air crew at risk? Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 59, pp. 428-432.
Lindborg, L., Bartlett, D., Beck, P., McAulay, I., Schnuer, K., Schraube, H., & Spurny, F. (2004). Cosmic radiation exposure of aircraft crews: Compilation of measured and calculated data. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 110, pp. 417-422.
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McAulay, I. (2000). Regulatory control of air crew exposure to cosmic radiation: The European approach. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 596-599.
Menzel, H., O'Sullivan, D., Beck, P., & Bartlett, D. (2000). European measurements of aircraft crew exposure to cosmic radiation. Health Physics, Vol. 79, pp. 563-567.
Mohler, S. (1996). Flight crews and cabin crews encouraged to increase awareness of in-flight ionizing radiation. Flight Safety Foundation: Human Factors & Aviation Medicine, Vol. 43, No. 2.
Mohler, S. (2003). Galactic radiation exposure during commercial flights: Is there a risk? Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 168, pp. 1157-1158.
Montagne, C., Donne, J., Pelcot, D., Nguyen, V., Bousset, P., & Kerlau, G. (1993). In-flight radiation measurements aboard French airliners. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 48, pp. 79-83.
Moorman, R. (2002). JAA adopts requirements for assessing aircrew exposure to cosmic radiation. Human Factors & Aviation Medicine, Vol. 49, No. 2. [Flight Safety Foundation].
Morkunas, G., Pilkyte, L., & Ereminas, D. (2003). Evaluation of exposure to cosmic radiation of flight crews of Lithuanian airlines. International Journal of Occupational Medicine & Environmental Health, Vol. 16, pp. 161-167.
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Nicholas, J., Copeland, K., Duke, F., Friedberg, W., & O'Brien, K. (2000). Galactic cosmic radiation exposure of pregnant flight crewmembers. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 71, pp. 647-648.
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Rafnsson, V., Olafsdottir, E., Hrafnkelsson, J., Sasaki, H., Arnarsson, A., & Jonasson, F. ( 2005). Cosmic radiation increases the risk of nuclear cataract in airline pilots. Archives of Ophthalmology, Vol. 123, pp. 1102-1105.
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