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Skin cancer and the ozone hole
Author(s) -
Marks Robin
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124756.x
Subject(s) - adaptability , skin cancer , ultraviolet radiation , incidence (geometry) , cancer , ozone layer , disease , environmental health , ozone , medicine , dermatology , geography , meteorology , biology , pathology , ecology , physics , chemistry , optics , radiochemistry
The adaptability of human behaviour may mean that disappearing ozone and rising levels of ultraviolet radiation are attended by a fall in the incidence of skin cancers, argues Robin Marks, who has played a leading role in public health campaigns to prevent the disease.