Background Occupational sun exposure is a well-studied risk factor for skin cancer
development, but more work is needed to assess melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer …

Recent literature has shown that the incidence of melanoma skin cancer is significantly
higher in the US military than for civilians and is higher in the US Air Force than other military …

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate whether incidence rates of malignant
cutaneous melanoma in US Department of Defense active duty military personnel differed …

Flight crew are occupationally exposed to several potentially carcinogenic hazards;
however, previous investigations have been hampered by lack of information on lifestyle …

Importance Airline pilots and cabin crew are occupationally exposed to higher levels of
cosmic and UV radiation than the general population, but their risk of developing melanoma …

Abstract Background: The US Military and general populations may differ in the exposure to
sunlight and other risk factors for melanoma and therefore the incidence rates of melanoma …

Methods| UV radiation measurements were performed using a Solartech UV index meter
designed to measure UV radiation from 280 to 400 nm (UV-B and UV-A) and a Solartech UV …

Background Skin cancers among commercial airline pilots have been reported to occur at
increased rates in pilot populations worldwide. The reasons for these increases are unclear …

Background: A large proportion of our World War II patients with skin cancer had been
stationed in the Pacific. Objective: Our purpose was to determine whether a statistically …

Aims: To evaluate whether a difference in the prevalence of risk factors for malignant
melanoma in a random sample of the population and among pilots and cabin attendants …