Sun protection : a risk management approach /: a risk management approach. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Diffey.
• Authors: Diffey, B. L
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction to risk management -- 1.1. Risk, hazard and exposure -- 1.2. Risk management -- 1.3. Sun exposure and risk -- 1.4. A risk management approach to sun protection 2. The origin and beneficial effects of solar UV radiation -- 2.1. The nature of optical radiation -- 2.2. The Sun -- 2.3. The positive effects of solar UV radiation exposure 3. Factors that influence the quality and quantity of terrestrial solar UV radiation -- 3.1. The atmosphere -- 3.2. Quantities and units -- 3.3. Factors affecting the spectral irradiance of terrestrial UV radiation -- 3.4. Measuring solar UV radiation -- 3.5. Ultraviolet climatology -- 3.6. Reference solar UV spectrum -- 3.7. Simulated sources of sunlight -- 3.8. Modelling solar UV radiation -- 3.9. Ozone depletion and its impacts on solar UV radiation 4. Deleterious effects of solar UV radiation exposure on the skin -- 4.1. Pathways to harm from solar UV exposure -- 4.2. Erythema -- 4.3. Photosensitivity -- 4.4. Skin cancer -- 4.5. Photoageing -- 4.6. UV effects on the eyes 5. The impact of time and space in moderating human exposure to solar UV radiation -- 5.1. Behavioural influences on exposure to solar UV radiation -- 5.2. Attitudes to sun exposure -- 5.3. Trends in sun exposure -- 5.4. Modelling human exposure to solar UV radiation -- 5.5. Strategies for controlling human exposure to solar UV radiation 6. Physical barriers to protect humans from solar UV radiation exposure -- 6.1. Shade -- 6.2. Clothing -- 6.3. Hats -- 6.4. The changing fashion for summer clothing -- 6.5. Sun protection accessories -- 6.6. Estimation of body surface area covered by clothing -- 6.7. Optical filters -- 6.8. Sunglasses -- 6.9. Combining protection modalities 7. Sunscreens -- 7.1. The nature of topical sunscreens -- 7.2. Sunscreen use -- 7.3. The sun protection factor -- 7.4. In vitro assessment of protection factors -- 7.5. What wavelengths should sunscreens protect against? -- 7.6. Broad-spectrum protection -- 7.7. The sunscreen-sunburn paradox -- 7.8. SPFs in natural sunlight -- 7.9. Compliance -- 7.10. Impact of sunscreen SPF on the likelihood of sunburn -- 7.11. Safety of sunscreens -- 7.12. Shelf life of sunscreens -- 7.13. Do sunscreens prevent skin cancer? -- 7.14. The population impact of sunscreen use on skin cancer incidence -- 7.15. Sunscreens and solar infrared radiation -- 7.16. Sunscreens and vitamin D -- 7.17. A strategy for sunscreen use 8. Counteract the damage resulting from solar UV radiation exposure -- 8.1. Photoadaptation -- 8.2. Melanogenesis -- 8.3. Epidermal hyperplasia -- 8.4. Damage repair -- 8.5. Chemoprevention 9. Treating the damage caused by solar UV radiation exposure -- 9.1. Treating sunburn -- 9.2. Treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer -- 9.3. Treatment of malignant melanoma -- 9.4. Treatment of photoaged skin.
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612/.01448; Solar radiation -- Physiological effect; Solar radiation -- Health aspects; Skin -- Pathophysiology -- Prevention; Skin -- radiation effects; Sunlight -- adverse effects; Skin Physiological Phenomena; Skin -- physiopathology; Biophysics; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750313773; 0750313773; 9780750313797
• Related ISBNs: 075031379X; 9780750313780
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on November 18, 2017).
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