April 20, 2005
WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT SCIENCE?:
Sex, Age And Sun Exposure Linked To Frequency Of Sunburns (Science Daily, 4/20/05)
In Danish volunteers, sunburn was typically associated with female sex, younger age, high risk behaviors like sunbathing, and long hours exposed to the sun, according to an article in the April issue of the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 20, 2005 2:47 PM
Happy.
Posted by: Luciferous at April 20, 2005 3:03 PMThe 24/7 news channels have to fill all that time with news or fluff. Same with the huge number of competing scientific magazines: there will be plenty of "well, d'uh" reports to fill all that space.
Posted by: John J. Coupal at April 20, 2005 4:44 PMThe 24/7 news channels have to fill all that time with news or fluff. Same with the huge number of competing scientific magazines: there will be plenty of "well, d'uh" reports to fill all that space.
Posted by: John J. Coupal at April 20, 2005 4:46 PMGee, and I always thought you caught sunburn by walking in the rain . . .
Posted by: Josh Silverman at April 20, 2005 4:49 PM"Danish . . . female sex, younger age, high risk behaviors"
Is it getting hot in here?
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at April 20, 2005 6:32 PMCome to think of it, I would like to check out the differences between the sunburned areas and the unharmed skin where the tan lines are...
Posted by: John at April 20, 2005 8:08 PM ¶v?
??n there are no real rednecks anymore?
"I would like to check out the differences between the sunburned areas and the unharmed skin..."
If they are as described (Danish, young, female), the area of the latter probably approaches zero.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 21, 2005 12:08 PM