"Sunburn" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
| Descriptor ID |
D013471
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.600.725 C26.200.855
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sunburn" by people in Profiles.
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Insufficient Sun Exposure Has Become a Real Public Health Problem. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 13; 17(14).
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The association between skin characteristics and skin cancer prevention behaviors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Oct; 18(10):2613-9.
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Randomized trial on sun safety education at ski and snowboard schools in western North America. Pediatr Dermatol. 2007 May-Jun; 24(3):222-9.
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Randomized trial testing a worksite sun protection program in an outdoor recreation industry. Health Educ Behav. 2005 Aug; 32(4):514-35.
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Morphometric discrimination of melanoma in situ of sun-damaged skin from chronically sun-damaged skin. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998 Aug; 39(2 Pt 1):239-45.
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Screening for melanoma. "Here's looking at you, kid". N C Med J. 1994 Apr; 55(4):142-5.