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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Jun;51(6):639–646. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a7f048

Table 3.

SHS exposure history of the flight attendants (N=49).

SHS Exposure History
Airline occupation
 Total length of employment (years) 34 [22, 37] {7, 50}
 Pre-ban length of employment (years) 24 [14, 29] {3, 45}
 Pre-ban years as a fraction of total years (%) 79.4 [63.2, 88.4] {15.0, 100.0}
Non-airline occupation §
 SHS exposure (N (%)) 15 (33) *
 Length of employment (years) 0 [0, 1.5] {0, 15} *
Home exposure §
 Childhood (up to age 18) (N (%)) 30 (61)
 Adulthood (after age 18) (N (%)) 21 (43)

Length of employment data is shown in median [interquartile range] {range}; non-airline occupational and home exposures data are reported as number (percentage) of flight attendants.

*

Data available for 46 flight attendants only.

§

Subjects with childhood or adulthood home exposure or subjects with non-airline occupational exposure are not mutually exclusive.