Intercomparison of Effective Erythemal Irradiance Measurements from Two Types of Broad-Band Instruments during June 1995

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Wengraitis, Stephen ^a   Benedetta, Danielle ^a   Sliney, David H ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION MONITORING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032134052     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02486.x     Document Type: Article

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