Iodouracil as a Personal Dosimeter for Solar UVB

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Rahn, Ronald ^a   Lee, Mark Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; IODOURACIL; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URACIL;

EID: 0032135442     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02485.x     Document Type: Article

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