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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''Definition''' | |style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''Definition''' | ||
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* Minimal erythema dose (MED) of UVB radiation causing erythema after applying 2 mg/cm2 of sunscreen to skin divided by the dose producing 1 MED on unprotected skin | *[[Minimum|Minimal]] [[erythema]] [[dose]] ([[MED]]) of [[UVB radiation]] [[Causes|causing]] [[erythema]] after [[Applicability Domain|applying]] 2 mg/cm2 of [[sunscreen]] to [[skin]] [[Division (biology)|divided]] by the [[dose]] [[Product (biology)|producing]] 1 [[MED]] on unprotected [[skin]] | ||
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* The dose of UVA causing observable pigment darkening (minimal pigment dose [MPD]) after applying 2 mg/cm2 of sunscreen to skin divided by the dose producing 1 MPD on unprotected skin | * The dose of UVA causing observable pigment darkening (minimal pigment dose [MPD]) after applying 2 mg/cm2 of sunscreen to skin divided by the dose producing 1 MPD on unprotected skin | ||
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Development|Developed]] for''' | |style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Development|Developed]] for''' | ||
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* Sunscreens | *[[Sunscreens]] | ||
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* Sunscreens | * Sunscreens | ||
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Ultraviolet|UV]] [[wavelengths]] [[Protected health information|protected]]''' | |style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Ultraviolet|UV]] [[wavelengths]] [[Protected health information|protected]]''' | ||
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* UVB | *[[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
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* UVA | * UVA | ||
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|style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Example 1|Examples]]''' | |style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |'''[[Example 1|Examples]]''' | ||
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* SPF 2 protects against 50% of UVB | *[[SPF]] 2 [[Protecting group|protects]] against 50% of [[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
* SPF 8 protects against 88% of UVB | *[[SPF]] 8 [[Protecting group|protects]] against 88% of [[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
* SPF 15 protects against 93% of UVB | *[[SPF]] 15 [[Protecting group|protects]] against 93% of [[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
* SPF 30 protects against 97% of UVB | *[[SPF]] 30 [[Protecting group|protects]] against 97% of [[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
* SPF 50 protects against 98% of UVB | *[[SPF]] 50 [[Protecting group|protects]] against 98% of [[UVB radiation|UVB]] | ||
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* UVA‐PF1 protects against 20–39% of UVA | * UVA‐PF1 protects against 20–39% of UVA |
Revision as of 18:07, 1 August 2019
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]