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Vitamin D — An Emerging Issue in Skin Cancer Control. Implications for Public Health Practice Based on the Australian Experience

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Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 174))

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Over recent years, the evidence has been accumulating that vitamin D has a positive impact on our health. This is likely to have an impact on the future of our public health advice related to skin cancer prevention. This paper explores, from a public health perspective based on Australian experience, how skin cancer prevention messages need to be managed in light of new information about vitamin D and in particular, the times when sun protection advice should be provided. Conclusions are drawn in relation to how the vitamin D message can be complementary to the sun protection message and explores what health practitioners should do in light of artificial tanning sunbeds being a potential source of vitamin D.

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Sinclair, C. (2007). Vitamin D — An Emerging Issue in Skin Cancer Control. Implications for Public Health Practice Based on the Australian Experience. In: Senn, HJ., Kapp, U. (eds) Cancer Prevention. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 174. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37696-5_17

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