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It is my task to speak about effects of increasing ultraviolet radiation on the skin and eyes. Why these two organs out of many that we have? The radiation we are talking about, the ultraviolet B, is very strongly absorbed in our tissues, mostly in the upper 1/10th of a millimeter of tissue. That limits the direct effects to the skin and the eyes. In spite of this, it can also have consequences in the entire body through influences on the immune system. Even there, the primary action of the ultraviolet B radiation takes place in the skin.
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van der Leun, J.C. (1998). Effects on Skin and Eyes. In: Le Prestre, P.G., Reid, J.D., Morehouse, E.T. (eds) Protecting the Ozone Layer. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5585-8_8
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