Comparisons of spore dosimetry and spectral photometry for measurement of biologically effective doses of solar UV radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4482, Issue , 2002, Pages 341-349

  Munakata, Nobuo ^a   Bolsée, David ^b   Gillotay, Didier ^b   Kazadzis, Stelios ^c   Bais, Alkiviadis ^c   Makita, Kazuo ^d   Boeira, Lúcia ^e   Schuch, Nelson ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d TAKUSHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA damage dose; Erythema dose; Field comparison; Solar UV radiation; Spore dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CALCULATIONS; DNA; DOSIMETRY; OZONE; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DNA DAMAGE DOSE; DRY BACTERIAL SPORES; ERYTHEMA DOSE; FIELD COMPARISON; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; SPORE DOSIMETRY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036397839     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452937     Document Type: Article

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