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Solar ultraviolet radiation in Africa: a systematic review and critical evaluation of the health risks and use of photoprotection

Published:2016 Issue:1 Volume:15 Page:10-23
ISSN:1474-905X
Container-title:Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.

Author:

Lucas Robyn M.¹²³⁴,Norval Mary⁵⁶⁷⁸,Wright Caradee Y.⁹¹⁰¹¹

Affiliation:

1. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health

2. The Australia National University

3. Canberra

4. Australia

5. Biomedical Sciences

6. University of Edinburgh

7. Edinburgh

8. UK

9. South African Medical Research Council and University of Pretoria

10. Pretoria

11. South Africa

Abstract

The majority of the African continent experiences high solar UVB radiation throughout the year. The adverse consequences of this on the health of populations living in Africa are reviewed.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/PP/C5PP00419E

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