Estimating the contribution of occupational solar ultraviolet exposure to skin cancer

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-164

  Milon, A ^a   Bulliard, J L ^b   Vuilleumier, L ^c   Danuser, B ^a   Vernez, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84892387749     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12604     Document Type: Article

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