Outdoor work and skin cancer incidence: A registry-based study in Bavaria

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^a,b   Meyer, M ^a   Pfahlberg, A ^b   Lausen, B ^b   Uter, W ^b   Gefeller, O ^b  

^a Population Based Cancer Registry Bavaria   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Occupation; Outdoor work; Risk; Skin; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149085293     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0342-0     Document Type: Article

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