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Sun behaviour and personal UVR exposure among Europeans on short term holidays.

Abstract
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is known to be the main cause of skin cancer, the incidence of which is rising with national differences across Europe. With this observation study we aimed to determine the impact of nationality on sun behaviour and personal UVR exposure on sun and ski holidays. 25 Danish and 20 Spanish sun-seekers were observed during a sun holiday in Spain, and 26 Danish and 27 Austrian skiers were observed during a ski holiday in Austria. The participants recorded their location and clothing in diaries. Personal time-logged UVR data were recorded as standard erythema doses (SEDs) by an electronic UVR dosimeter worn on the wrist. Danish sun-seekers were outdoors for significantly longer, received significant higher percentages of ambient UVR, and received greater accumulated UVR doses than Spanish sun-seekers. Danish skiers were also outdoors for significantly longer than Austrian skiers, but the behaviour of the Danish skiers did not result in significantly greater accumulated UVR doses. Both Danish and Spanish sun-seekers and Danish and Austrian skiers received substantial UVR doses. The behaviour's influence on the UVR doses received by the Danish participants may indicate an explanation of the higher skin cancer incidence among Scandinavians compared with other European populations.
AuthorsBibi Petersen, Margarita Triguero-Mas, Bernhard Maier, Elisabeth Thieden, Peter Alshede Philipsen, Jakob Heydenreich, Payam Dadvand, Harald Maier, Mette Marie-Louise Grage, Graham I Harrison, Alois W Schmalwieser, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Antony R Young, Hans Christian Wulf
JournalJournal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (J Photochem Photobiol B) Vol. 151 Pg. 264-9 (Oct 2015) ISSN: 1873-2682 [Electronic] Switzerland
PMID26332747 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Adult
  • Austria
  • Denmark
  • Environmental Exposure (analysis)
  • Female
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skiing
  • Skin (radiation effects)
  • Skin Neoplasms (etiology)
  • Spain
  • Sunbathing
  • Sunlight
  • Ultraviolet Rays (adverse effects)

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