UV exposure
Skin cancer risk
UV exposure is contact with ultraviolet radiation, typically from sunlight or artificial sources like tanning beds.
The term appears most often in health contexts, where excessive UV exposure causes sunburn, skin aging, and increased cancer risk: Limit your UV exposure during peak hours.
Sunscreen and protective clothing reduce UV exposure.
- sunburnUV-induced skin inflammation
- sunscreenUV-blocking skin cream
- UV indexSolar intensity measurement
- summer sunWarm-season daylight source
- beach dayRecreational coastal visit
tanning bed · solar radiation · sunglasses · ozone depletion · erythema · photomask · photoaging · aging skin · phototherapy · DNA damage · skin cancer · water purification · lithography · forensic analysis · shade structures · SPF · broad spectrum · sun safety
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- abiotic factorssunlight, temperature, water, oxygen, soil
- Mountain Climatehigh altitude, thin air, altitude, snowfall, temperature extremes
- weather healthheat stress, heat stroke, heatstroke, hypothermia, frostbite
presence vs. absence of radiation
UV exposureUV protection
Shielding from ultraviolet radiation
sun protection · shade · darkness · shadow · full coverage