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A new phone app launched to increase awareness of the damage caused to skin by UV and to change people’s behaviour

A new phone app launched to increase awareness of the damage caused to skin by UV and to change people’s behaviour Source: Getty / danefromspain

More than 2000 Australians die every year from skin cancer, a disease largely caused by ultraviolet - or UV - radiation. Now, a new phone app has been launched to increase awareness of the damage caused to skin by U-V - and to change people’s behaviour.

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More than 2000 Australians die every year from skin cancer, a disease largely caused by ultraviolet - or UV - radiation. Now, a new phone app has been launched to increase awareness of the damage caused to skin by U-V - and to change people’s behaviour.

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