CONSENSUS REPORT: Recognizing non-melanoma skin cancer, including actinic keratosis, as an occupational disease - A Call to Action

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-45

  John, S M ^a   Trakatelli, M ^b,c   Gehring, R ^d   Finlay, K ^e   Fionda, C ^f   Wittlich, M ^g   Augustin, M ^h   Hilpert, G ⁱ   Barroso Dias, J M ^j   Ulrich, C ^k   Pellacani, G ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d European Federation of Building and Woodworkers   (Belgium)

^e Save Your Skin Foundation   (Canada)

^f Karen Clifford Skin Cancer Charity (Skcin)   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁱ Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs   (Germany)

^j Department of the Portuguese Society of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Portugal)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CANCER THERAPY; COMPENSATION; DOSIMETRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

AWARENESS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84962511090     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.13608     Document Type: Article

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