Different outdoor professions have different risks – a cross-sectional study comparing non-melanoma skin cancer risk among farmers, gardeners and mountain guides

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1695-1701

  Zink, A ^a,c   Tizek, L ^a   Schielein, M ^a   Bohner A ^a   Biedermann, T ^a   Wildner, M ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGIST; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GARDENER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUNTAIN GUIDE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GARDENING; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SUNSCREEN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GARDENING; GERMANY; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047661624     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15052     Document Type: Article

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