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The Effect of Sun Exposure on the Severity Degree of Photoaging and Skin Hydration on Service Workers at dr. Zainoel Abidin Regional General Hospital Banda Aceh

open access: yesBerkala Ilmu Kesehatan Kulit dan Kelamin (Periodical of Dermatology and Venerology), 2023
Background: Photoaging is the aging of the skin characterized by the appearance of wrinkles, telangiectasis, solar elastosis, pigmentation and keratosis. Photoaging is usually caused by external factor, such as sun exposure.
Wahyu Lestari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic function: the Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation (SEDS) Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BACKGROUND Adults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration of less than 50 nmol/L) is also common.
Beilin, Lawrence J.   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Personalised electronic messages to improve sun protection in young adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The incidence of all skin cancers, including melanoma, continues to rise. It is well known that ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the main environmental risk factor for skin cancer, and excessive exposure at a young age increases the risk of developing skin ...
Alison Marshall   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence area, but not intensity, is associated with myopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background:Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (CUVAF) has been used as a biomarker of time spent outdoors and smaller CUVAF area is associated with myopia in Southern Hemisphere cohorts.
Healy, Martin   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

College Students’ Perceptions of Worry and Parent Beliefs: Associations with Behaviors to Prevent Sun Exposure

open access: yesJournal of Skin Cancer, 2017
More research is needed to understand how attitudes impact behaviors that afford sun protection. The current study examined the impact of students’ perceptions of parental beliefs about sun exposure and its influence on their practiced sun protection ...
Robert A. Yockey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sunny holidays before and after melanoma diagnosis are respectively associated with lower breslow thickness and lower relapse rates in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Previous studies have reported an association between sun exposure and improved cutaneous melanoma (CM) survival. We analysed the association of UV exposure with prognostic factors and outcome in a large melanoma cohort.
Baldini, F. (Federica)   +17 more
core   +8 more sources

Solar ultraviolet protection provided by human head hair [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The solar erythemal UV irradiances through human hair and the protection from UV provided by human head hair have been investigated for a solar zenith angle (SZA) range of 17 to 51 degrees for the conditions of a head upright in full sun, a head upright ...
Allen   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

Can ultraviolet radiation act as a survival enhancer for cutaneous melanoma? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Some studies have suggested that sun exposure plays a protective role in melanoma survival. This created a paradox as the known carcinogen can act as a cancer promoter and also as a survival enhancer.
Bonamigo, Renan   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

The Early Days of Personal Solar Ultraviolet Dosimetry

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2020
In the early 1970s, environmental conservationists were becoming concerned that a reduction in the thickness of the atmospheric ozone layer would lead to increased levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at ground level, resulting in higher population ...
Brian Diffey
doaj   +1 more source

Ozone Layer Depletion and Emerging Public Health Concerns - An Update on Epidemiological Perspective of the Ambivalent Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure is the primary etiological agent responsible for developing cutaneous malignancies. Avoiding excessive radiation exposure, especially by high-risk groups, is recommended to prevent UV-induced photo-pathologies ...
Sheikh Ahmad Umar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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