Occupational exposure to solar radiation in Australia: Who is exposed and what protection do they use?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-59

  Carey, Renee N ^a   Glass, Deborah C ^b   Peters, Susan ^a   Reid, Alison ^a   Benke, Geza ^b   Driscoll, Timothy R ^c   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; occupational exposure; solar radiation; sun protection survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893530360     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12174     Document Type: Article

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