Exposure of arctic field scientists to ultraviolet radiation evaluated using personal dosimeters

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 570-578

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Scherer, Kerstin ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^b   Rettberg, Petra ^b   Facius, Rainer ^b   Gugg Helminger, Anton ^c   Driscoll and, Colin ^d   Lee, Pascal ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Gigahertz Optik   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SCIENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHEMA; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; OZONE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SEASONS; SKIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

MEDICAGO;

EID: 0035497560     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0570:EOAFST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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