Sentences with phrase «increasing skin cancer rates»

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Since the ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet light from the sun, ozone layer depletion can lead to increased rates skin cancer, eye damage and other adverse consequences.

Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer with the strongest increase in incidence in the last decade, and the incidence rates have never been as high as in 2014 (www.kreftregisteret.no).

The rate of skin cancer diagnosis is rising in minority populations; among Hispanics it has increased by 22 % since 1992, according to one estimate.

«Selenium supplements were found to reduce the [mortality rate from] skin cancer, so increasing foods rich in selenium like Brazil nuts may be beneficial,» Palinski - Wade says.

This has become apparent in Australia, where a dramatic increase in skin cancer rates resulted in the promotion of never exposing the skin to direct sunlight without sun protection, ie, clothing or sunscreen.

According to Abarca and Cassiccia (2002), the rate of non-melanoma skin cancer, 81 % of the total, has increased from 5.43 to 7.94 per 100,000 (46 %).