Sun safety knowledge and practice in UK postal delivery workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 279-284

  Houdmont, J ^a   Davis, S ^b   Griffiths, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Mail Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postal delivery workers; Skin cancer; Solar ultraviolet radiation; Sun safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTAL MAIL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTAL SERVICE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84973094151     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqv204     Document Type: Article

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