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An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
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- Sunburns
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/prev: consider also SUNSCREENING AGENTS
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sunburn. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013471. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013471
- Sunburn. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn
- Sunburn. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649717