UV transmission of summer clothing in Switzerland and Germany

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-82

  Dummer, Reinhard ^a   Osterwalder, Uli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ciba Grenzach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sun protection; Sunproof clothing; Ultraviolet light radiation; Ultraviolet protection factor

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COTTON; DIODE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN CANCER; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033964591     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018326     Document Type: Letter

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