Levels of Occupational Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in Vancouver, Canada

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 825-835

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; occupational groups; radiation

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; HEAT RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS; REPEATED MEASURES; SKIN CANCER RISKS; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VANCOUVER , CANADA;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WEATHER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84982932070     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mew037     Document Type: Article

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