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Sun-Related Behaviors of Outdoor Working Men with a History of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
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Sun-Related Behaviors of Outdoor Working Men with a History of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

T Woolley, P G Buettner and John B Lowe
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol.44(9), pp.847-854
2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00043764-200209000-00007
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Public Health and Health Services sun exposure sun protection melanoma
The present study describes sun exposure and sun protection behaviors of northern Australian outdoor workers with previous non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). In 1999 a cross-sectional study of northern Australian men with previous NMSC was conducted by self-administered questionnaire. Compared to other men, outdoor workers spent more time in the sun on average working days and days off (P less than 0.0001, respectively), and outdoor workers with sun-sensitive skin reported that more skin lesions had been removed (P = 0.0461). The workplace did not reinforce sun-safe practices of 36.8% of workers who spent half their time or more outdoors. Sun-protective behaviors were not different between in- and outdoor workers. Outdoor workers experienced high levels of sun exposure, however, sun-protective behavior was similar to other workers. Workplaces should be targeted to reinforce sun-safe policies.

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