Personal exposure distribution of solar erythemal ultraviolet radiation in tree shade over summer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-356

  Parisi, A V ^a   Kimlin, M G ^a   Wong, J C F ^b   Wilson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSIMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; MANIKINS; POSTURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEASONS; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TREES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033954228     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/2/307     Document Type: Article

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