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The impact of airborne pollution and exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation on skin: mechanistic and physiological insight

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For several decades air pollution has been recognized to hit drastically the skin of human body. Air pollutants predominantly accountable for aging, oxidative damage, and inflammatory allergic reactions led to psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, and skin cancer owing to the impaired functions of DNA, proteins, and lipid biomolecules. Elevated air pollution and its detrimental effects along with variations in physiological parameters of the skin are verily the scaffold for anti-pollution assertions and could be recognized as markers. The present article encompasses the salient features of air pollution and UV radiations besides dreadful effects on human skin physiological parameters and some anti-pollution approaches.

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan

    Atif Ali, Raheem Bahadar, Asma Riaz & Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Abbottabad, 22500, Pakistan

    Hira Khan

  3. Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Department of Genetics, Kazan Federal University, Tatarstan, 428001, Russia

    Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad

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Ali, A., Khan, H., Bahadar, R. et al. The impact of airborne pollution and exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation on skin: mechanistic and physiological insight. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 28730–28736 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09280-4

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