Attenuation of biologically effective UV radiation in tropical atlantic waters measured with a biochemical DNA dosimeter

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Boelen, Peter ^b   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^c   Vink, Arie A ^a   Buma, Anita G J ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0002506044     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb05303.x     Document Type: Article

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