Role of UV light in photodamage, skin aging, and skin cancer: Importance of photoprotection

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Gonzaga, Evelyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Photodamage; Photosensitivity; Skin aging; Skin cancer; Sunscreens, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; AVOBENZONE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ENCAMSULE; GENISTEIN; GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LYSINE; MANGANESE; MEXORYL; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROLINE; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZINC OXIDE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CHOICE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WRINKLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 60149083520     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/0128071-200910001-00004     Document Type: Review

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