Outdoor workers' acceptance of personal protective measures against solar ultraviolet radiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1471-1480

  Weber, Marko ^a   Uller, Andreas ^a   Schulmeister, Karl ^a   Brusl, Helmut ^b   Hann, Hans ^b   Kindl, Peter ^c  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 36248952567     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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