Skin cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in humans. Solar keratoses are related
benign tumours that are at least ten times commoner than skin cancers and photoageing of …

The risk-benefit problem of exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), whether at work, during
recreation, or when receiving therapy with UVR is quite simple and specific: exposure to …

This paper reviews the main factors influencing the synthesis of vitamin D, with particular
focus on ultraviolet radiation exposure. On the global level, the main source of vitamin D is …

The human eye is constantly exposed to sunlight and artificial lighting. Light transmission
through the eye is fundamental to its unique biological functions of directing vision and …

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is ubiquitous in the environment, which has been classified as an
established human carcinogen. As the largest and outermost organ of the body, direct …

Solar, and particularly UV, radiation causes molecular and cellular damage with resultant
histopathologic and clinical degenerative changes, leading in turn to photosensitivity, photo …

The seasonality of infectious disease outbreaks suggests that environmental conditions
have a significant effect on disease risk. One of the major environmental factors that can …

For 30 years there has been concern that anthropogenic damage to the Earth's stratospheric
ozone layer will lead to an increase of solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching the Earth's …

This study assesses the Vitamin D status of 126 healthy free-living adults aged 18–87 years,
in southeast Queensland, Australia (27° S) at the end of the 2006 winter. Participants …

Many viral infections reach clinical significance in winter, when it is cold, relative humidity is
lowest and vitamin D production from solar ultraviolet‐B irradiation is at its nadir. Several …