More Skin, More Sun, More Tan, More Melanoma.

• Autores: Caroline Chang, Era Caterina Murzaku, Lauren Penn, Naheed R. Abbasi, Paula D. Davis, Marianne Berwick, David Polsky
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 104, Nº. 11, 2014, págs. 92-99
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Although personal melanoma risk factors are well established, the contribution of socioeconomic factors, including clothing styles, social norms, medical paradigms, perceptions of tanned skin, economic trends, and travel patterns, to melanoma incidence has not been fully explored. We analyzed artwork, advertisements, fashion trends, and data regarding leisure-time activities to estimate historical changes in UV skin exposure. We used data from national cancer registries to compare melanoma incidence rates with estimated skin exposure and found that they rose in parallel. Although firm conclusions about melanoma causation cannot be made in an analysis such as this, we provide a cross-disciplinary, historical framework in which to consider public health and educational measures that may ultimately help reverse melanoma incidence trends. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]