TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Risk, and Protection in Military and Outdoor Athletes
AU - Wolf, S. Tony
AU - Kenney, Lauren E.
AU - Kenney, W. Larry
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH T-32 Grant 5T32AG049676-03) and the Marie Underhill Noll Endowment.
Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Overexposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun is associated with deleterious health effects including, but not limited to, increased risk of skin cancers. Military personnel and those who participate in outdoor exercise or sports represent two potential populations at elevated risk of negative health consequences of UVR exposure due to large amounts of time spent outdoors, often in harsh UVR environments. Despite exposure to high and/or frequent doses of UVR in recreational and tactical athletes, adequate sun-protection practices are often disregarded or not well understood by many within these at-risk populations, resulting in heightened risk of negative UVR effects. The focus of this review is to examine the available literature regarding UVR exposure, risk of adverse health effects of UVR exposure, and sun protection practices in outdoor exercisers, athletes, and military personnel.
AB - Overexposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun is associated with deleterious health effects including, but not limited to, increased risk of skin cancers. Military personnel and those who participate in outdoor exercise or sports represent two potential populations at elevated risk of negative health consequences of UVR exposure due to large amounts of time spent outdoors, often in harsh UVR environments. Despite exposure to high and/or frequent doses of UVR in recreational and tactical athletes, adequate sun-protection practices are often disregarded or not well understood by many within these at-risk populations, resulting in heightened risk of negative UVR effects. The focus of this review is to examine the available literature regarding UVR exposure, risk of adverse health effects of UVR exposure, and sun protection practices in outdoor exercisers, athletes, and military personnel.
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U2 - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000702
DO - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000702
M3 - Article
C2 - 32282458
AN - SCOPUS:85083360420
SN - 1537-890X
VL - 19
SP - 137
EP - 141
JO - Current sports medicine reports
JF - Current sports medicine reports
IS - 4
ER -
