Brian Diffey

Sun Protection (eBook, ePUB)

A risk management approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

There is adequate evidence that exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a major aetiological factor in human skin cancer, but managing the risk of skin cancer does not necessarily mean avoiding exposure to the Sun's UV rays. For example, a young man who walks in the hills on a summer's day is choosing not to minimize his risk of skin cancer, but rather to face it and embrace it as part of an attempt to maximize his enjoyment and quality of life. A pragmatic approach, therefore, is to adopt strategies that control the hazard - that is, exposure to the Sun's UV rays - commensurate with the need or desire to be outdoors. Sun Protection differentiates itself from other texts by adopting a risk management approach to determine whether, how, and in what circumstances, harm might be caused, and to explore the feasibility of various strategies in controlling exposure to solar UV radiation. Additionally, this multi-disciplinary book covers topics from climatology through human exposure to sunlight, as well as biological and clinical effects of UV radiation to physical and chemical strategies for photoprotection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750313773
• Artikelnr.: 50117388

Autorenporträt

Brian Diffey is Emeritus Professor in Dermatological Sciences at the University of Newcastle, UK. His career was spent in the NHS, where he was Professor of Medical Physics and Clinical Director in the Newcastle Hospitals. His involvement with sun protection has spanned more than 40 years and his interests include the measurement of personal sun exposure, its effects in normal and diseased skin, and ways to minimize excessive exposure, especially through the use of topical sunscreens. He invented both the UVA Star Rating for sunscreens in conjunction with Boots in the UK, and the Critical Wavelength adopted by the Food & Drug Administration in the USA as the sole measure of broad spectrum protection. In 1999 he was awarded the Medal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists for his contributions to suncare, and in 2011 was honoured at the International Sun Protection Conference for significant innovation in the field of photoprotection.