Lifetime ultraviolet exposure estimates for selected population groups in south-east Queensland

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2947-2953

  Parisi, A V ^a   Meldrum, L R ^b   Wong, J C F ^b   Aitken, J ^c   Fleming, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032762523     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/12/307     Document Type: Article

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