Solar UVR Exposures of Primary School Children at Three Locations in Queensland

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-83

  Gies, Peter ^a   Roy, Colin ^a   Toomey, Simon ^a   MacLennan, Robert ^b   Watson, Mignon ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; STUDENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOBIOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; STUDENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032111872     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb03255.x     Document Type: Article

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