Outdoor Workers’ Use of Sun Protection at Work and Leisure

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 208-212

  Peters, Cheryl E ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke W ^a   Demers, Paul A ^b,c   Nicol, Anne Marie ^d   Kalia, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

construction; occupational health; skin cancer; sun safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; SUNGLASSES; WORK; WORKER;

EID: 84977138867     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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