Diseases

Sunburn

An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.

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An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.

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  • Sunburns

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/prev: consider also SUNSCREENING AGENTS

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sunburn. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013471. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013471
  2. Sunburn. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn
  3. Sunburn. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649717