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Melanoma/Skin cancer: You Can Recognize the Signs. (From an American Academy of Dermatology
pamphlet.) |
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Human health effects due to increase UV radiation resulting from ozone depletion.
(After Jagger, John, 1985: Solar-UV actions on living cells. Praeger Scientific,
202pp.) |
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Impact on humans, Ibid. |
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Skin cancer, Ibid. |
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Schematic of the human eye. |
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Skin cancer continued and eye damage, Ibid. |
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Eye damage continued, Ibid. |
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Calculated UV spectrum of solar energy entering the atmosphere. (After C & E News, Nov. 24,
1986.) |
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Dramatic cross-section of normal human skin and normal human epidermis. |
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Percentages of cases with carcinoma of the skin, basal cell only, by anatomical site among white
males and females in the US (1977-1978). |
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Percentages of cases with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin by anatomical site among white
males and females in the US (1977-1978). |
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Ultraviolet transmittance of eye parts of the human and rabbit. |
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Annual age adjusted incidence rates (1970 US standard) for basal- and squamous-cell skin
cancer (1977-1978) and all other cancers (1973-1976) by latitude in the US white population. |
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Change in biologically damaging UV flux with change in ozone concentration.
(After C & E News, Nov. 24, 1986.) |
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Diseases likely to spread with global warming.
(Adapted from Science, Feb 17, 1995. 267, p 57.) |
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What is the UV index? (From the EPA.) |
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Action steps for sun protection page 1. (From the EPA.) |
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Action steps for sun protection page 2. (From the EPA.) |