Determination of erythema-effective solar radiation in japan and germany with a spore monolayer film optimized for the detection of UVB and UVA - Results of a field campaign

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 597-603

  Furusawa, Y ^a   Quintern, L E ^b   Holtschmidt, H ^b   Koepke, P ^c   Saito, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b BioSense   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCULATION; ERYTHEMA; FILM; FILTER; GERMANY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA; GERMANY; HUMANS; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEASONS; SKIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031731448     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051341     Document Type: Article

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