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Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change

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Main Author: Ilyas, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Academy of Sciences 2009
Subjects:
Global change
Humidity
Skin > Cancer
Temperature
Tropics
UV-B radiation
Ultraviolet radiation
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/6468
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spelling my.unimap-64682009-07-17T08:13:35Z Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change Ilyas, M Global change Humidity Skin -- Cancer Temperature Tropics UV-B radiation Ultraviolet radiation Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/index.html Skin cancer (UV carcinogenesis) causing erythemal solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation dosages received at tropical latitudes are about five times higher compared to mid-latitudes. The tropical environment also experiences high levels of temperature and humidity which are detrimental to human health. We show that more significantly, prevailing high levels of temperature, humidity and UV-A also directly augment the environmental UV-B dosages, doubling the UV-B damaging effect. Additionally, this can be further impacted in a significant way by future climate change. This understanding is particularly important for human health to populations in the tropics and should be taken into account when evaluating the UV-B radiation and climate impact on immune deficiency, viral infections and other environmental health considerations in the context of present and future climate scenarios. 2009-07-17T08:13:34Z 2009-07-17T08:13:34Z 2007-12-10 Article Current Science, vol.93 (11), 10 December 2007, pages 1604-1608. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/dec102007/contents.htm http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6468 en Indian Academy of Sciences
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topic Global change
Humidity
Skin -- Cancer
Temperature
Tropics
UV-B radiation
Ultraviolet radiation
spellingShingle Global change
Humidity
Skin -- Cancer
Temperature
Tropics
UV-B radiation
Ultraviolet radiation
Ilyas, M
Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/index.html
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author Ilyas, M
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title Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
title_short Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
title_full Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
title_fullStr Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
title_full_unstemmed Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
title_sort climate augmentation of erythemal uv-b radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
publisher Indian Academy of Sciences
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