title: UV clothing and skin cancer.
abstract: Skin cancer incidence in Croatia is steadily increasing in spite of public and governmental permanently measurements. It is clear that will soon become a major public health problem. The primary cause of skin cancer is believed to be a long exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The future designers of UV protective materials should be able to block totally the ultraviolet radiation. The aim of this paper is to present results of measurements concerning UV protecting ability of garments and sun-screening textiles using transmission spectrophotometer Cary 50 Solarscreen (Varian) according to AS/NZS 4399:1996; to show that standard clothing materials are not always adequate to prevent effect of UV radiation to the human skin; and to suggest the possibilities for its improvement for this purpose.
authors.affiliation: Department for Textile Chemistry and Ecology, Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. anita.tarbuk@ttf.hr
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarbuk
authors.forename: Ana Marija
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grancarić
authors.forename: Mirna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Situm
authors.forename: Mladen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinis
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011481:Protective Clothing; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000528:radiation effects; D013784:Textiles / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D013473:Sunscreening Agents