Common fluorescent sunlamps are an inappropriate substitute for sunlight

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 340-344

  Brown, Douglas B ^a   Peritz, Adam E ^a   Mitchell, David L ^b   Chiarello, Stephanie ^b   Uitto, Jouni ^a   Gasparro, Francis P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA DAMAGE; ELASTIN; FLUORESCENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RATS; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034286875     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0340:CFSAAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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