Skin cancer is an important public health issue. Internationally, 2 to 3 million keratinocyte cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers are diagnosed annually.1 Yet the risk of developing skin cancer can be mitigated by reducing exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR).2 Although exposure to excessive UVR throughout life is important for increasing melanoma risk, it may be particularly crucial during childhood.3 Children spend a considerable time at school and the school day encompasses the main period of high UVR. Students can spend at least part of that time outdoors and receive a substantial proportion of their total UVR exposure while at school.4 In addition, students take part in outdoor school events, such as sports days that can result in extended periods of exposure to high UVR levels. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2021.
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#7,050,597
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Outputs from British Journal of Dermatology
#2,907
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#113,673
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#49
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Altmetric has tracked 25,382,440 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 9,663 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 193 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its contemporaries.
