Influence of wetness on the ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) of textiles: In vitro and in vivo measurements

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-35

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Hatch, Kathryn L ^b   Avermaete, Annelies ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Fabrics; Minimal erythemal dose; Skin cancer prevention; Spectrophotometer; UV transmission

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STUDENT T TEST; SUNBURN; TEXTILE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEXTILES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0036109685     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2002.180105.x     Document Type: Article

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