HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF OZONE DEPLETION

Hobart , 9-11 September 1996


CONTENTS

Introduction and acknowledgements

Conference conclusions and recommendation

Overview
- B K Armstrong

OZONE DEPLETION

Physics of stratospheric ozone and UV-B radiation
- D J Karoly

Chemistry of stratospheric ozone and ozone depletion
- P Fraser

Ozone variability over the southern hemisphere
- R J Atkinson

Monitoring UV-B at the earth's surface
- C R Roy, H P Gies and S Toomey

Prediction of UV-B dosage at the surface
- L Rikus

HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF OZONE DEPLETION

Trends in skin cancer in Australia
- G Giles and V Thursfield

International trends in skin cancer
-A Kricker and B K Armstrong

A model for predicting the increase in non-melanoma skin cancer
associated with ozone depletion
- G Williams and A Green

Understanding and measuring human responses to skin exposure
- R Borland

Sun protection behaviour - determinants and trends
-D Hill and J Boulter

The use of sunscreens in the prevention of skin cancer
- R Marks

Biological markers of skin damage
- D English

Variations in susceptibility to UV: insights from population based studies
- T Dwyer, L Blizzard and R Ashbolt

Ozone depletion: the ocular effects of UV-B exposure
- H R Taylor and C A McCarty

UV-B induced immune suppression: implications for infection
- H K Muller, G W Dandie and G M Woods

Case findings and interventions in high risk groups
- W H McCarthy and H M Shaw

POLICY ISSUES

Successes and ongoing challenges - the international policy response
to ozone depletion and its implications for health
- J Shevlin

The task of epidemiology in an ecologically threatened world
- R M Douglas

Achieving collaboration across disciplines: the Cochrane experience
- C Silagy

AN ON-GOING RESEARCH PROGRAM

Aspects of screening for cancer
- R C Burton

Requirements for monitoring and predicting UV-radiation
- M J Manton

Ozone layer depletion: an environmental problem affecting health in Australia
- C Ewan

THE APPENDICES

(a) The Contributors
(b) About the Menzies Foundation

September 1996