ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Solar Radiation Exposure and Outdoor Work: An Underestimated Occupational Risk.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Occupational disease "Skin cancer caused by UV radiation" - unambiguous facts, heterogeneous consequences.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026Article
- Characterising Occupational Solar UVA Exposure Intensity and Self-Reported Health Outcomes Among Outdoor Military Workers in Lohatla, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Ultraviolet radiation exposure and melanoma risk among over 2 million Ontario workers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Knowledge, practices and barriers to sun protection among farmers in Bagua Grande (Peru): a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma based on solar ultraviolet radiation measurements from outdoor workers in Lisbon, Portugal.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
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- Beyond the "European health divide": Functional limitation disparities among older adults in Central and Eastern Europe.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2025Article
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- A narrative review of occupational solar ultraviolet radiation in Britain and skin cancer.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
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- Occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation among outdoor workers in Lisbon, 2023-first results of the MEAOW study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Synthesis and Biological Activity Assessment of 2-Styrylbenzothiazoles as Potential Multifunctional Therapeutic Agents.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sun protection knowledge and behaviors of agricultural workers in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Topical diosmetin attenuates nociception and inflammation in a ultraviolet B radiation-induced sunburn model in mice.Inflammopharmacology · 2024Article
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Abstract
A considerably high number of outdoor workers worldwide are constantly exposed for the majority of their working life to solar radiation (SR); this exposure is known to induce various adverse health effects, mainly related to its ultraviolet (UV) component. The skin and the eye are the principal target organs for both acute and long-term exposure. Actinic keratosis, non-melanoma skin cancers, and malignant melanoma are the main long-term adverse skin effects, whereas in the eye pterygium, cataracts, and according to an increasing body of evidence, macular degeneration may be induced. Despite this, SR exposure risk is currently undervalued, if not neglected, as an occupational risk factor for outdoor workers. SR exposure is influenced by various environmental and individual factors, and occupation is one of the most relevant. For a better understanding of this risk and for the development of more effective prevention strategies, one of the main problems is the lack of available and adequate methods to estimate SR worker exposure, especially long-term exposure. The main aims of this review were to provide a comprehensive overview of SR exposure risk of outdoor workers, including the UV exposure levels and the main methods recently proposed for short-term and cumulative exposure, and to provide an update of knowledge on the main adverse eye and skin effects. Finally, we also outline here preventive interventions to reduce occupational risk.
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