Workplace sun protection policies and employees' sun-related skin damage

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Woolley, Torres ^a   Lowe, John ^b   Raasch, Beverly ^c   Glasby, Margaret ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Outdoor workers; Policy; Skin cancer; Solar keratosis; Sun protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749109102     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.32.2.9     Document Type: Article

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