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Nanosystems in Photoprotection
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2015The ultraviolet (UV) radiation is responsible for stimulating acute responses in the human skin, those including positive responses like vitamin D synthesis along with negative ones such as erythema. The chronic effects of UV radiation include photoaging and cancer.
Cristal Dos Santos Cerqueira, Coutinho +2 more
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Current concepts. Photoprotection
Archives of Family Medicine, 1996Photoprotection encompasses all methods to prevent UV radiation (UVR) damage to the skin, including sunscreens, clothing, seeking shade, and duration and time of the day spent outdoors under UVR. As scientific research validates short- and long-term detrimental effects of UVR, physicians and the public must become increasingly aware of these problems ...
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Photoprotection in Adolescence
SKINmed: Dermatology for the Clinician, 2005Physical changes and the establishment of personal values are characteristics of adolescence. Despite being well informed regarding sun protection and the skin cancer risks related to sun exposure, teenagers usually make little use of sunscreens and remain out in the sun for long periods.
Cristiane, Benvenuto-Andrade +4 more
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Photoprotection by carotenoids
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1988Carotenoid pigments have been found to have a protective function against photosensitization in green plants. This protective ability has been exploited in the administration of high doses of beta-carotene to patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria to ameliorate the photosensitivity associated with this disease.
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Dermatologic Therapy, 2003
Wearing of clothing, hats, and sunglasses to protect from exposure to sunlight should be part of a package of protection. Clothing specifically designed to avoid exposure is now available and recently standards have been published in several countries to measure the degree of protection.
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Wearing of clothing, hats, and sunglasses to protect from exposure to sunlight should be part of a package of protection. Clothing specifically designed to avoid exposure is now available and recently standards have been published in several countries to measure the degree of protection.
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Sunscreens And Photoprotection
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 1993This article discusses various forms of photoprotection. Mechanisms of action of chemical sunscreens, determination of sunscreen effectiveness, and adverse effects are detailed. Attention is also given to alternative methods of photoprotection and special recommendations for children.
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Seminars in dermatology, 1990
Sunscreens are agents that attenuate the effects of ultraviolet radiation on the skin by absorption or reflection of part of the incident radiation or by interception of harmful products of its interaction with the Sunscreens may be applied topically or ingested; however, topical agents are by far the more common and effective and only they will be ...
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Sunscreens are agents that attenuate the effects of ultraviolet radiation on the skin by absorption or reflection of part of the incident radiation or by interception of harmful products of its interaction with the Sunscreens may be applied topically or ingested; however, topical agents are by far the more common and effective and only they will be ...
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