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Hábitos y conocimientos sobre fotoprotección y factores de riesgo para quemadura solar en corredores de maratones de montaña

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, 2021
Resumen: Antecedentes y objetivos: El cáncer cutáneo está aumentando su incidencia de forma alarmante en nuestra sociedad, debido a la sobreexposición a la radiación ultravioleta solar (RUV), ya sea por motivos laborales o por ocio.El objetivo del ...
Ana Julia García-Malinis, Tamara Gracia-Cazaña, Miguel Zazo, José Aguilera, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Magdalena de Troya Martín, Yolanda Gilaberte   +6 more
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Can ultraviolet radiation act as a survival enhancer for cutaneous melanoma? [PDF]

, 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, Boniol, Mathieu, Fortes, Cristina, Mannooranparampil, Thomas, Marino, Claudia, Mastroeni, Simona, Michelozzi, Paola, Passarelli, Francesca   +7 more
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The Early Days of Personal Solar Ultraviolet Dosimetry

Atmosphere, 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
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European Code against Cancer 4th edition: Ultraviolet radiation and cancer [PDF]

, 2015
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is part of the electromagnetic spectrum emitted naturally from the sun or from artificial sources such as tanning devices.
Auvinen, A. (Anssi), Erdmann, F. (Friederike), Espina, C. (Carolina), Greinert, R. (Rüdiger), Kesminiene, A. (Ausrele), Schüz, J. (Joachim), Vries, E. (Esther) de   +6 more
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Moderate Sun Exposure Is the Complementor in Insufficient Vitamin D Consumers

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Background and AimsVitamin (Vit) D plays a vital role in human health, and the prevalence of Vit D deficiency worldwide has been a rising concern. This study investigates the serum 25-hydroxy-Vit D [25(OH)D] status in healthy US civilians and identifies ...
Shou-En Wu, Shou-En Wu, Shou-En Wu, Wei-Liang Chen, Wei-Liang Chen, Wei-Liang Chen   +5 more
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Search for solar axions in XMASS, a large liquid-xenon detector [PDF]

, 2013
XMASS, a low-background, large liquid-xenon detector, was used to search for solar axions that would be produced by bremsstrahlung and Compton effects in the Sun.
Abe, K., Fujii, K., Fukuda, Y., Hieda, K., Hiraide, K., Hirano, S., Hosokawa, K., Itow, Y., Kim, N.Y., Kim, Y.D., Kim, Y.H., Kishimoto, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kusaba, F., Lee, J.S., Lee, K.B., Lee, M.K., Liu, J., Martens, K., Masuda, K., Miuchi, K., Moriyama, S., Motoki, D., Murata, A., Murayama, I., Nakagawa, K., Nakahata, M., Nakamura, S., Nishijima, K., Nishitani, Y., Ogawa, H., Oka, N., Onishi, Y., Otsuka, K., Sekiya, H., Shinozaki, A., Suzuki, Y., Takachio, O., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Takiya, H., Tasaka, S., Uchida, H., Ueshima, K., Umemoto, D., Yamashita, M., Yang, B.S.   +46 more
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Ozone Layer Depletion and Emerging Public Health Concerns - An Update on Epidemiological Perspective of the Ambivalent Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

Frontiers 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, Sheikh Ahmad Umar, Sheikh Abdullah Tasduq, Sheikh Abdullah Tasduq   +3 more
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Patterns in the received facial UV exposure of school children measured at a subtropical latitude [PDF]

, 2008
Polysulphone dosimeters have been employed to measure the erythemally effective UV exposure to the vertex, nose, cheek, chin and side facial sites of 45 volunteer high school students from Hervey Bay, Australia (25.3oS 152.9oE).
Downs, Nathan, Parisi, Alfio
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The moss Bryum argenteum var. muticum Brid. is well adapted to cope with high light in continental Antarctica [PDF]

, 2012
The net photosynthetic rate (NP), chlorophyll fluorescence, carotenoid content and chlorophyll content of the cosmopolitan moss Bryum argenteum were measured in the field at Botany Bay, southern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica (77°S).
Green, T.G. Allan, Kulle, Daniel, Pannewitz, Stefan, Sancho, Leopoldo G., Schlensog, Mark, Schroeter, Burkhard   +5 more
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Sun Exposure in Children: Balancing the Benefits and Harms

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020
There is a common belief among the laity and even physicians that sun exposure is a useful source of vitamin D. However, despite the fact that sun exposure occurs almost throughout the year in India, vitamin D deficiency is widely prevalent.
Ankur K Jindal, Aman Gupta, Keshavamurthy Vinay, Anuradha Bishnoi   +3 more
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