Anatomical UV exposure in French outdoor workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1192-1196

  Vernez, David ^a   Koechlin, Alice ^b,c   Milon, Antoine ^a   Boniol, Magali ^c   Valentini, Faustine ^c   Chignol, Marie Christine ^d   Dore, Jean Francois ^d   Bulliard, Jean Luc ^e   Boniol, Mathieu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Espace Européen d'Ecully   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; FRANCE; GARDENER; HUMAN; OUTDOOR WORKER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SHADE; SPRING; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORKER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84946820180     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000537     Document Type: Article

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