Photoprotection

Authors

  • María Isabel Moreno
  • Luis Hernando Moreno

Keywords:

photoprotection, ultraviolet radiation, UVA, UVB, sunscreen

Abstract

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun is the prime cause of skin cancer. The Earth receives 20 times more ultraviolet radiation (UV) than ultraviolet B (UVB), but it depends on the time of the day, latitude and atmospheric conditions. Both the UVA and UVB the cause genetic mutations, immunosuppression, these two biological events caused by UVR can trigger in cancer. With the advent of sunscreens, the need to create increasingly appropriate substances and new strategies for photoprotection, which described later, has been the prevention of diseases caused directly by the UVR.

Author Biographies

María Isabel Moreno

Médica dermatóloga, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Luis Hernando Moreno

Médico dermatólogo; jefe, Servicio de Dermatología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

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Moreno MI, Moreno LH. Photoprotection. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 14 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];18(1):31-9. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/188

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2019-02-14

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Moreno MI, Moreno LH. Photoprotection. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 14 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];18(1):31-9. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/188

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