Effects of sunscreen on skin cancer and photoaging

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 55-61

  Iannacone, Michelle R ^a   Hughes, Maria Celia B ^a   Green, Adèle C ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Photoaging; Review; Skin cancer; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PHOTOAGING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SURFACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WRINKLE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHOTOAGING; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SUNSCREEN;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84895092005     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12109     Document Type: Review

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