Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | 104
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The Effects of Sunlight on Melanoma
The lighter your skin is, the more generally sensitive to these physical stimulators you are. And there's then some really good epidemiology confirming that. So a friend and colleague of mine, Pella Linkfist over at the Carolinzka in Sweden has done analyze the data from a wonderful study called the melanoma in Southern Sweden study. In 1990 they recruited 30,000 middle-aged Swedish humans. They wanted to find out how much UV leads to melanoma and how does that kill people?
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