Outdoor workers and sun protection strategies: Two case study examples in Queensland, Australia

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sendall, M C ^a   Stoneham, M ^b   Crane, P ^a   Fleming, M ^a   Janda, M ^a   Tenkate, T ^c   Youl, P ^d   Kimlin, M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Health promotion; Participatory action research; Skin cancer; Sun protection; Workplaces

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UTILIZATION; WORKPLACE;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84996563909     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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