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SPF

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007905

A scale for rating the level of sunburn protection in sunscreen products. The higher the SPF, the more sunburn protection it gives. Sunscreens with a value of 2 through 11 give minimal protection against sunburns. Sunscreens with a value of 12 through 29 give moderate protection. SPFs of 30 or higher give high protection against sunburn. Also called sun protection factor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007905
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionssun protection factor
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007905",
  "term": "SPF",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A scale for rating the level of sunburn protection in sunscreen products. The higher the SPF, the more sunburn protection it gives. Sunscreens with a value of 2 through 11 give minimal protection against sunburns. Sunscreens with a value of 12 through 29 give moderate protection. SPFs of 30 or higher give high protection against sunburn. Also called sun protection factor.",
  "expansions": [
    "sun protection factor"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/spf/"
}

Record 15,238 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.