Effects of solar radiation on the skin.
Solar ultraviolet radiation produces profound changes in human skin. Acute exposure results in inflammatory erythema, injury-response pigmentation, and immunologic alterations. Chronic exposure is responsible for deleterious changes in cutaneous structure and function as well as for neogenesis of the most common human malignancies.
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Division of Dermatology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104.
D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015595:Skin Aging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D013472:Sunlight