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Environmental ChallengesUltraviolet (UV) filters are chemical ingredients used in sunscreen products to protect the skin from the harmful effects of solar radiation and have come under scrutiny due to concerns of potential aquatic impacts after direct release to the environment.
Andrea M. Carrao +3 more
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Journal of Skin Cancer, 2012 Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common human malignancy. Both epidemiological and direct evidence have established ultraviolet (UV) exposure from the sun as the most important risk factor for BCC development. There has only been one randomized and
Cameron Chesnut, Jenny Kim
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Jurnal Farmasi Sains dan Komunitas, 2018 Sunscreen preparations are cosmetic preparations used as a protection to reduce the impact of sun exposure whose formulations contain active ingredients to absorb or diffuse sunlight, especially in areas of ultraviolet and infrared wave emissions. One of
Elsa Tamara Geraldine, Ema Dwi Hastuti
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In vitro percutaneous penetration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sunscreen creams [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Dermal exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) affects many outdoor workers such as asphalt workers. Usually the use of sunscreen creams is suggested to protect them from UV radiation. However sunscreen could prevent or facilitate
Liberatori, R. +3 more
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Serum vitamin D decreases during chemotherapy: an Australian prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2018 Background and Objectives: Vitamin D plays an important role in bone and muscle function, and cell prolifera-tion. The impact of chemotherapy and associated behavioural changes such as fatigue and sun avoidance on vit-amin D (25(OH) D) is unknown.
Isenring, Elisabeth +9 more
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Promoting Skin Cancer Awareness [PDF]
, 2017 Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the nation and the cost to treat it is around 8 billion dollars a year. Sun exposure is linked to all three types of skin cancer and incidence of melanoma is highest in Caucasians compared to other races.
Kolli, Sree Sahithi
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Repair, abort, ignore? Strategies for dealing with UV damage [PDF]
, 2011 DNA repair is a prominent member of the nuclear transactions triad (replication, transcription, and repair). Sophisticated mechanisms govern the cellular process of decision-making (to repair or not to repair, to proceed with cell cycle or not and ...
Khalil, Hilal S. +2 more
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Review on Nonoccupational Personal Solar UV Exposure Measurements [PDF]
, 2018 Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation follows people during their whole life. Exposure to UV radiation is vital but holds serious risks, too. The quantification of human UV exposure is a complex issue.
Schmalwieser, Alois W. +1 more
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Lifetime prevalence of non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer in Australian recreational and competitive surfers [PDF]
, 2016 Background/Purpose Surfing is one of the most popular outdoor aquatic activities in Australia with an estimated 2.7 million recreational surfers; however, Australia has long been recognized as having the highest incidence of melanoma in the world, and it ...
Climstein, Mike +3 more
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Are FDA-Approved Sunscreen Components Effective in Preventing Solar UV-Induced Skin Cancer?
Cells, 2020 Solar ultraviolet (SUV) exposure is a major risk factor in the etiology of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). People commonly use sunscreens to prevent SUV-induced skin damage and cancer.
Ann M. Bode, Eunmiri Roh
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