Assessment of Biologically Effective Solar Ultraviolet Exposures for Court Staff and Competitors During a Major Australian Tennis Tournament
Article
Article Title | Assessment of Biologically Effective Solar Ultraviolet Exposures for Court Staff and Competitors During a Major Australian Tennis Tournament |
---|---|
ERA Journal ID | 15283 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Igoe, Damien P. (Author), Amar, Abdurazaq (Author), Schouten, Peter (Author), Parisi, Alfio V. (Author) and Turner, Joanna (Author) |
Journal Title | Photochemistry and Photobiology |
Journal Citation | 95 (6), pp. 1461-1467 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0031-8655 |
1751-1097 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13132 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/php.13132 |
Abstract | Sport is an integral and enduring part of many societies, such as Australia. Participation in outdoor sports, such as tennis, comes with a very real risk of dangerous solar ultraviolet exposure which can result in erythema (sunburn), serious conditions such as skin cancer, including melanoma, and eye conditions such as cataracts and pterygium. This study remotely assesses the effective ultraviolet exposures in response to the increased sun safety awareness at a major summertime tennis tournament in Australia. The assessment only uses publicly accessible data and information. It was found that tournament organizers have effectively adopted sun-safe protocols into the uniform policy that the court officials (judges and ball kids) are mandated to follow. The combination of sun-participant geometry and the photoprotection provided by uniforms significantly reduced the ambient ultraviolet exposure, which was recorded to be as high as 9.9 SED/h, to just 1.0 and 0.5 SED/h for ball kids and judges, respectively, compared to up to 2.0 SED/h for players. Even though caution is needed against complacency with sun safety, with the need for the court officials and the players to still apply sunscreen, the court officials provided persistent visual role modeling of sun-safe behaviors. |
Keywords | Sport; Erythema; Skin cancer; Athletes; Australia; Environmental Exposure; Humans; Radiation Dosage; Sunburn; Sunlight; Sunscreening Agents; Tennis; Ultraviolet Rays |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7047/assessment-of-biologically-effective-solar-ultraviolet-exposures-for-court-staff-and-competitors-during-a-major-australian-tennis-tournament
Download files
101
total views116
total downloads3
views this month2
downloads this month