Diffuse solar UV radiation and implications for preventing human eye damage

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-139

  Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Green, Adele ^b   Kimlin, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIFFUSION; EYE INJURY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHADE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA; EYE; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SEASONS; TREES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035263213     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)073<0135:DSURAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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