Solar UV dose patterns in Italy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 681-690

  Meloni, Daniela ^a   Casale, Giuseppe R ^a   Siani, Anna Maria ^a   Palmieri, Sabino ^a   Cappellani, Francesco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOSPHERE; CLOUD; HUMIDITY; ITALY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EYE; HUMANS; ITALY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0034212101     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071<0681:SUDPII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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