Shift in occupational risk for basal cell carcinoma from outdoor to indoor workers: A large population-based case-control register study from Sweden

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 830-833

  Lindelöf, Bernt ^a   Lapins, Jan ^a   Dal, Henrik ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Epidemiology; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ARTISTIC WORKER; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOLOGICAL WORKER; BOAT CREW; BOOKKEEPING; BRICK MAKER; BUILDING CARETAKER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARPENTER; CHEMICAL PROCESS WORKER; CHEMICAL WORKER; CLEANER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREW MEMBER; DENTIST; DOMESTIC ASSISTANT; ELECTRICIAN; ENGINE OPERATOR; FEMALE; FLIGHT WORKER; FOOD WORKER; FORESTER; GARDENER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLASS WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR WORKER; LEATHER WORKER; LEGAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARINE OFFICER; MINER; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; OUTDOOR WORKER; PACKER; PAINTER; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTAL WORKER; POSTMAN; PRECISION ENGINEER; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARRY WORKER; RELIGIOUS WORKER; SALES AGENT; SCIENCE WORKER; SHOE WORKER; SHOP WORKER; SMELTING WORKER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORKER; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; TEACHER; TECHNICAL WORKER; TEXTILE WORKER; TRANSPORT WORK; UNSKILLED WORKER; WAITER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FORESTRY; GARDENING; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERY ELDERLY; WORK; WORKPLACE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FARMERS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GARDENING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85021953536     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2660     Document Type: Article

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