The facial distribution of erythemal ultraviolet exposure in south-east Queensland

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-240

  Kimlin, M G ^a,b   Parisi, A V ^a   Wong, J C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ERYTHEMA; FACE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031910065     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/2/002     Document Type: Article

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