Personal UV dosimetry by Bacillus subtilis spore films

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Moehrle, Matthias ^a,b   Garbe, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Lifeguard; Mountain guide; Personal dosimetry; Spore film; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033961505     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018306     Document Type: Article

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