Population UV-dose and skin area - Do sunbeds rival the sun?

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 436-440

  Wester, U ^a   Boldemann, C ^b   Jansson, B ^c   Ullen A H ^b  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dose; Nonionizing; Population; Radiation; Risk analysis; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0032885960     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00012     Document Type: Article

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