Response to “Changing the Labeling of Sunscreen, Will We Transform Sun Avoiders into Sunscreen Users?”
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Sun protection and sunscreen labeling--an update.
Sun exposure is today well recognized as having an adverse effect on human skin. Part of sun radiation, ultraviolet radiation A (UVA) and B (UVB), can modify skin structures and induce short-term skin changes (sunburn, tanning, hyperkeratinization, brown spots) and long-term skin damages (accelerated skin aging and skin cancers). Protection against both UVA and UVB is very important, therefore ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5701123