Simplified categorization of outdoor activities for male and female U.S. indoor workers - A feasibility study to improve assessment of ultraviolet radiation exposures in epidemiologic study questionnaires

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Kwok, Richard K ^a   Linet, Martha S ^b   Chodick, Gabriel ^b   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^b   Freedman, Daryl M ^b   Fears, Tom ^b   Johnson, Ruby E ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58349114562     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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