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Goodman TF . Photodermatitis from a sunscreening agent. Arch Dermatol 1970: 102:563

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Harber LC . Clinical evaluation of quantitative differences in ultraviolet absorption of compounds containing the substituted benzoic acid nucleus. J Invest Dermatol 1954; 23: 427–35

Smith EB Dickson JE Knox JM . Protection from sunlight. Evaluation of a new screening agent. South Med J 1973; 66: 278–80

Reitschel RL Lewis CW . Contact dermatitis to homomenthyl salicylate. Arch Dermatol 1978; 114: 442–3

Roelandts R Vanhee J Bonamie A Kerkhoes L Degreef H . A survey of ultraviolet absorbers in commercially available sun products. Int J Dermatol 1983; 22: 247–55

Schauder S . Photoallergic contact dermatitis from the sunscreen ingredient 4-isopropyl-dibenzoylmethane (Eusolex 8020) in Contralum® ultra. Photochem Photobiol 1985; 41 (Suppl): 118–9

Sams WM . Contact dermatitis. Arch Dermatol 1956; 73: 142

Young AR Magnus IA Davies AC Smith NP . A comparison of the phototumorigenic potential of 8-MOP and 5-MOP in hairless albino mice exposed to solar simulated radiation. Br J Dermatol 1983; 108: 507–18

Young AR Gibbs NK Thomson RJ Magnus IA . Modification of 5-methoxypsoralen phototumorigenesis in hairless albino mice by sunscreen filters. Br J Dermatol 1983; 109: 705

Kaidbey KH Kligman AM . An appraisal of the efficacy and substantivity of the new high-potency sunscreens. J Am Acad Dermatol 1981; 4: 566–70

Pathak MA Fitzpatrick TB Frenk E . Evaluation of topical agents that prevent sunburn. New Engl J Med 1969; 280: 1459–63

Catalano PM Fulghum DD . Water-resistant sunscreen. Clin Exp Dermatol 1977; 2: 127–30

Magnus IA . Other photodermatoses. In: Dermatological photobiology, clinical and experimental aspects. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific 1976: 189–201

Hawk JLM Magnus IA . Chronic actinic dermatitis: An idiopathic photosensitivity syndrome including actinic reticuloid and photosensitive eczema. Br J Dermatol 1979; 101 (Suppl 17): 24

Hawk JLM Challoner AVJ Chaddock L . The efficacy of sunscreening agents, protection factors and transmission spectra. Clin Exp Dermatol 1982; 7: 21–31

Garmyn MA Murphy GM Gibbs NK Hawk JLM . Are the protection factors assigned to proprietary sunscreen products misleading? Photodermatology (in press)