Sun safety in construction: A UK intervention study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-26

  Houdmont, J ^a   Madgwick, P ^a   Randall, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Intervention; Skin cancer; Solar radiation; Sun safety; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84954496215     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqv140     Document Type: Article

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