Patterns of real-time occupational ultraviolet radiation exposure among a sample of outdoor workers in New Zealand

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-187

  Hammond, V ^a   Reeder, A I ^a   Gray, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exposure patterns; Occupational exposures; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REAL TIME; SAFETY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLIMATE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORTICULTURE; JOB PERFORMANCE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 59849084352     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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