Occupational cancer in Britain: Skin cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S71-S75

  Young, Charlotte ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Non melanoma; Occupation; Skin

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; COAL TAR; MINERAL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862668783     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.120     Document Type: Article

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