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Problem Statement: Safety and Health issued an article on a research project done in Western Costa del Sol, southern Spain. During the summer of 2018, subjects were recruited during a skin cancer prevention course for beach lifeguards overexposed to ultraviolet radiation. Two hundred fifteen lifeguards completed the questionnaire, and 109 mean age was 23.8 years , 78.0% were male, 71.5% were photo-type III or IV , and 77.1% had experienced at least one painful sunburn during the previous summer which increased their chances of getting skin cancer. 

Who:  Safety and Health issued an article biased on a research project.

Where:   Beaches in Western Costa del Sol, southern Spain. 

What:  Life guards recruited during the skin caner prevention course had experienced at least one painful sunburn that increased their chances of contracting skin cancer.

When: 2018 (During skin cancer prevention course) 

How many: Two hundred fifteen lifeguards completed the questionnaire, and 109 mean age was 23.8 years , 78.0% were male, 71.5% were photo-type III or IV , and 77.1% had experienced sunburn.

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