Seasonal variations of solar UVB and UVA in Syria

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Othman, I ^b   Baydoun, S A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b NONE

Author keywords

atmospheric; health effects; ozone; radiation; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0031034872     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199701000-00006     Document Type: Article

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