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| Title |
Sunbathers' application of sunscreen is probably inadequate to obtain the sun protection factor assigned to the preparation.
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| Published in |
Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, January 1992
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| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
N Bech-Thomsen, H C Wulf |
| Abstract |
The sun protection factor (SPF) is a ratio that estimates the protective efficacy of a sunscreen against sunburn. The generally accepted methods used to determine the SPF of a sunscreen require that the formulation be applied in a thickness of 1.5 mg/cm2 (Deutsches Institut für Normung) or 2 mg/cm2 (US Food and Drug Administration). The applied thickness of a sunscreen is important for the degree of photoprotection. Forty-two volunteers on a beach applied their own sunscreen all over the body. The amount of the applied sunscreen was on average 0.5 mg/cm2. This indicates that the labelled SPF is probably considerably higher than the obtained degree of protection against sunburn. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 34 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 4 | 12% |
| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 26% |
| Unknown | 7 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 26% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 12% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 08 September 2022.
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#4,301,946
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Outputs from Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine
#125
of 573 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,860
of 61,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine
#2
of 4 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,870,940 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 83rd percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 573 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its peers.
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