Personal ultraviolet Radiation exposure in a cohort of Chinese mother and child pairs: the Chinese families and children study

Michael G Kimlin; Liwen Fang; Yajing Feng; Linhong Wang; Ling Hao; Jing Fan; Ning Wang; Fanwen Meng; Ruilan Yang; Shu Cong; Xiaofeng Liang; Baohua Wang; Martha Linet; Nancy Potischman; Cari Kitahara; Ann Chao; Yu Wang; Jiandong Sun; Alison M Brodie

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Personal ultraviolet Radiation exposure in a cohort of Chinese mother and child pairs: the Chinese families and children study

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Personal ultraviolet Radiation exposure in a cohort of Chinese mother and child pairs: the Chinese families and children study

Michael G Kimlin, Liwen Fang, Yajing Feng, Linhong Wang, Ling Hao, Jing Fan, Ning Wang, Fanwen Meng, Ruilan Yang, Shu Cong, …

BMC Public Health, Vol.19, 281

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6610-y

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Chinese

cohort

dosimetry

mothers and child pairs

ultraviolet radiation

Background: Few studies in China have examined personal ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure using polysulfone dosimetry. Methods: In this study, 93 mother and adolescent child pairs (N = 186) from two locations in China, one rural (higher latitude) and one urban (lower latitude), completed 3 days of personal UVR dosimetry and a sun/clothing diary, as part of a larger pilot study. Results: The average daily ambient UVR in each location as measured by dosimetry was 20.24 Minimal Erythemal Doses (MED) in the rural location and 20.53 MED in the urban location. Rural mothers had more average daily time outdoors than urban mothers (5.5 h, compared with 1.5 h, in urban mothers) and a much higher daily average personal UVR exposure (4.50 MED, compared with 0.78 MED in urban mothers). Amongst adolescents, rural males had the highest average daily personal UVR exposure, followed by rural females, urban females and urban males (average 2.16, 1.05, 0.81, and 0.48 MED, respectively). Conclusions: Although based on small numbers, our findings show the importance of geographic location, age, work/school responsibilities, and sex of the adolescents in determining personal UVR exposure in China. These results suggest that latitude of residence may not be a good proxy for personal UVR exposure in all circumstances.

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Title: Personal ultraviolet Radiation exposure in a cohort of Chinese mother and child pairs: the Chinese families and children study
Authors: Michael G Kimlin (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Health & Sport Sciences
Liwen Fang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Yajing Feng (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Linhong Wang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Ling Hao (Author) - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Jing Fan (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Ning Wang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Fanwen Meng (Author) - Laoting County Maternal and Child Health Hospital, China
Ruilan Yang (Author) - Taicang County Maternal and Child Health Hospital, China
Shu Cong (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Xiaofeng Liang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Baohua Wang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Martha Linet (Author) - National Cancer Institute (NIH), United States
Nancy Potischman (Author) - National Cancer Institute, United States
Cari Kitahara (Author) - National Cancer Institute (NIH), United States
Ann Chao (Author) - National Cancer Institute, United States
Yu Wang (Author) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Jiandong Sun (Author)
Alison M Brodie (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Health & Sport Sciences
Publication details: BMC Public Health, Vol.19, 281; 11
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6610-y
ISSN: 1471-2458
Copyright note: Copyright © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450721402621
Output Type: Journal article

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