Occupational skin cancers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 458-463

  Gawkrodger, David J ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Burn scar; Carcinogen; Coal tar; Ionizing radiation; Occupation; Outdoor worker; Polycyclic hydrocarbons; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; BURN; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KERATOACANTHOMA; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; X RAY;

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7744220610     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh098     Document Type: Review

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