Sunscreens

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 148-151

  Hanrahan, Jane R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Sunburn; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AVOBENZONE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MELANOMA; PHOTOALLERGY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SPECTRUM; SUNBURN; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84867049189     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2012.068     Document Type: Article

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