Gardening and Your Health. Sunburn & Skin Cancer

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dc.contributor.authorAppleton, Bonnie Lee, 1948-2012en
dc.contributor.authorPredny, Mary Lorraineen
dc.date.accessed2014-08-04en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T20:06:35Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-02T20:06:35Zen
dc.date.issued2009-05-01en
dc.description.abstractMost people have suffered from at least one bad sunburn. Even if damage is not visible, skin cells mutate with each sun exposure. Over a lifetime these mutations may add up to cancer, a problem seen on gardeners who work unprotected in the sun. A severe sunburn is one of the biggest risk factors in getting a melanoma skin cancer.en
dc.format.extent2 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/48355en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-063/426-063_pdf.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublication (Virginia Cooperative Extension) ; 426-063en
dc.rightsVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.en
dc.subjectTools & Techniquesen
dc.subject.cabtGardeningen
dc.subject.cabtHealthen
dc.subject.cabtSunburnen
dc.subject.cabtSkin canceren
dc.titleGardening and Your Health. Sunburn & Skin Canceren
dc.title.alternativeSunburn & Skin Canceren
dc.typeExtension publicationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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