MedicineEnvironmental Science

Sunbathers' application of sunscreen is probably inadequate to obtain the sun protection factor assigned to the preparation.

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A large number of volunteers on a beach applied their own sunscreen all over the body and the amount of the applied sunscreen was on average 0.5 mg/cm2, indicating that the labelled SPF is probably considerably higher than the obtained degree of protection against sunburn.

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BECH‐THOMSEN, N.; HC, Wulf. Sunbathers' application of sunscreen is probably inadequate to obtain the sun protection factor assigned to the preparation. PHOTODERMATOLOGY PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE, 1992, 9 6: 242–4.