Occupational risk factors for skin cancer and the availability of sun protection measures at German outdoor workplaces

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1009-1015

  Ruppert, Linda ^a   Ofenloch, Robert ^a   Surber, Christian ^b,c   Diepgen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Outdoor occupation; Prevention; Skin cancer; Sun protection

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966263964     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-016-1138-2     Document Type: Article

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