Prevalence of exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on the job in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Peters, Cheryl E ^a,b   Nicol, Anne Marie ^a,b   Demers, Paul A ^b,c  

^a CAREX Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Primary prevention; Skin neoplasms; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864646771     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403817     Document Type: Article

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