Solar protection behaviors among outdoor workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Stepanski, Barbara M ^a   Mayer, Joni A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031939491     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199801000-00009     Document Type: Article

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