Recognizing sun safety as an employee health issue

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1894-1895

  Crane, Lori A ^a   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS (HEALTH CARE); CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UTILIZATION;

SUNSCREEN;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 85047289705     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.1008     Document Type: Review

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