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Sunlight and Tanning Beds
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NEWS:
Doubts raised over cancer protection from sunblocks
New Global Ultraviolet Index Guidelines - Guidance Helps Reduce Overexposure to Dangerous UV Rays
Skin Cancer from Ultraviolet A, Too
Three quarters of young UK adults risk skin cancer by seeking suntan
ARTICLES:
Sunlight Reduces Need For Pain Medication
Tanning Beds: Are They Safer Than the Sun?
The Epidemic of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
What Is the UV (Ultraviolet) Index?
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
A multicountry ecologic study of risk and risk reduction factors for prostate cancer mortality. (Eur Urol)
Artificial ultraviolet radiation and ocular melanoma in Australia. (Int J Cancer)
Associations between UVR exposure and basal cell carcinoma site and histology. (Cancer Lett)
Bacterial vaginosis in lesbians and bisexual women. (Sex Transm Dis)
Estimations of the human 'vitamin D' UV exposure in the USA. (Photochem Photobiol Sci)
Exposure to the sun and sunbeds and the risk of cutaneous melanoma in the UK: a caseøcontrol study (European Journal of Cancer)
Indoor tanning by adolescents: prevalence, practices and policies (European Journal of Cancer )
Is there more than one road to melanoma? (Lancet)
Nutritional protection against skin damage from sunlight. (Annu Rev Nutr)
[Ozone decline and UV increase] (Gesundheitswesen)
Perspectives in melanoma prevention: the case of sunbeds (European Journal of Cancer )
Prenatal and infant predictors of bone health: the influence of vitamin D. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Rapid and continuous increases in incidence rates of basal cell carcinoma in the southeast Netherlands since 1973. (J Invest Dermatol)
Residential sunlight exposure is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. (J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol)
Seasonal variation of disease activity of systemic lupus erythematosus in Finland: a 1 year follow up study. (Ann Rheum Dis)
Similar rhythms of seasonal conceptions in neural tube defects and schizophrenia: A hypothesis of oxidant stress and the photoperiod. (Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol)
Sun exposure may protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A case-control study. (Int J Cancer)
Sunlight and the 10-Year Incidence of Age-Related Maculopathy (Arch Ophthalmol)
Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
Sunlight is an important causative factor of recurrent herpes simplex. (Cutis)
[Suntanning and risk of cutaneous melanoma: a literature review] (Rev Saude Publica)
Tanning devices--fast track to skin cancer? (Pigment Cell Res)
Tanning is associated with optimal vitamin D status (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration) and higher bone mineral density (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
The Australian experience in sun protection and screening for melanoma. (J Surg Oncol)
The genetics of sun sensitivity in humans. (Am J Hum Genet)
The prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency and effects of ultraviolet light on Vitamin D levels in elderly Turkish population. (Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2005)
Toxic effects of ultraviolet radiation on the skin. (Toxicol Appl Pharmacol)
Ultraviolet B but not ultraviolet A radiation initiates melanoma. (Cancer Res)
Ultraviolet exposure is a reinforcing stimulus in frequent indoor tanners. (J Am Acad Dermatol)
Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis. (Am J Clin Nutr)
Vitamin D3 from sunlight may improve the prognosis of breast-, colon- and prostate cancer (Norway). (Cancer Causes Control)
INTERNET SITES:
NCI-Health Information Tip Sheet for Writers: Artificial Tanning Booths and Cancer
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