Cancers in Australia attributable to exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and prevented by regular sunscreen use

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 471-476

  Olsen, Catherine M ^a,b   Wilson, Louise F ^a   Green, Adele C ^a,b,c   Bain, Christopher J ^a,d   Fritschi, Lin ^e   Neale, Rachel E ^a,b   Whiteman, David C ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

melanoma; population attributable fraction; skin cancer; solar radiation; sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943165936     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12470     Document Type: Article

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