Sun Protection: a risk management approach

IOP Publishing Ltd 2017

ISBN 978-0-7503-1377-3 (ebook); ISBN 978-0-7503-1378-0 (print); ISBN 978-0-7503-1379-7 (mobi); DOI 10.1088/978-0-7503-1377-3

The book is aimed at readers who wish to understand the links and relationships between the seemingly disparate sciences of climatology, physics, photochemistry and photobiology that combine to result in observable clinical effects in the skin resulting from sun exposure, such as sunburn, skin cancer and photoageing.

The text explores how the clinical changes that result from excessive sun exposure can be prevented, or minimized, by the adoption of various risk management strategies that include modifying the quality and quantity of terrestrial solar UV radiation; adopting patterns of behaviour, both in location and time, that will reduce exposure to solar UV radiation; making use of physical barriers such as shade and clothing, together with the application of topical sunscreens; making people more resistant to the effects of solar UV radiation and countering the damage already done; and stabilizing, repairing and rehabilitating the damage caused by excessive sun exposure by means of medical and surgical techniques.