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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 18, 1532,
September 20, 2000
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More About: Sunscreen Use and Duration of Sun Exposure: a Double-Blind, Randomized Trial
Correspondence to: Antony R. Young, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Dermatology, King's College London, St. Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Rd., London SE1 7EH U.K. (e-mail: antony.r.young@rcl.cl.ac.uk).
The recent article by Autier et al. (1) invites some critical evaluation, since it has important public health implications. The authors assessed the influence of the sunscreen sun protection factor (SPF) on the duration of sun exposure and sunburn episodes in two groups of young people given unlabeled products of either SPF 30 or SPF 10. They concluded that
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