TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational UV exposure in French outdoor workers
AU - Boniol, Mathieu
AU - Koechlin, Alice
AU - Boniol, Magali
AU - Valentini, Faustine
AU - Chignol, Marie-Christine
AU - Doré, Jean-François
AU - Bulliard, Jean-Luc
AU - Milon, Antoine
AU - Vernez, David
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Occupational ultraviolet (UV) exposure was evaluated in a population-based sample in France. A random survey was conducted in 2012 in individuals aged 25 to 69 years. The median daily standard erythemal UV dose (SED) was estimated from exposure time and place and matched to satellite UV records. A total of 889 individuals were exposed to solar UV with highest doses observed among gardeners (1.19 SED), construction workers (1.13 SED), agricultural workers (0.95 SED), and culture/art/social science workers (0.92 SED). Information and communication technology, industry, and transport workers were highly exposed (>0.70 SED). Significant factors associated with high occupational UV exposure were sex (P < 0.0001), phototype (P = 0.0003), and taking lunch outdoors (P < 0.0001). This study identified not only expected occupations with high UV exposure but also unexpected occupations with high exposures. This could serve as a basis for future prevention.
AB - Occupational ultraviolet (UV) exposure was evaluated in a population-based sample in France. A random survey was conducted in 2012 in individuals aged 25 to 69 years. The median daily standard erythemal UV dose (SED) was estimated from exposure time and place and matched to satellite UV records. A total of 889 individuals were exposed to solar UV with highest doses observed among gardeners (1.19 SED), construction workers (1.13 SED), agricultural workers (0.95 SED), and culture/art/social science workers (0.92 SED). Information and communication technology, industry, and transport workers were highly exposed (>0.70 SED). Significant factors associated with high occupational UV exposure were sex (P < 0.0001), phototype (P = 0.0003), and taking lunch outdoors (P < 0.0001). This study identified not only expected occupations with high UV exposure but also unexpected occupations with high exposures. This could serve as a basis for future prevention.
KW - occupational ultraviolet
KW - ultraviolet exposure
KW - UV exposure
KW - UV dose
UR - http://journals.lww.com/joem/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2015&issue=03000&article=00012&type=abstract
U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000354
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000354
M3 - Article
C2 - 25742537
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 57
SP - 315
EP - 320
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
