Ultraviolet emission spectra of sunbeds

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 664-668

  Gerber, Beat ^a   Mathys, Patrick ^b   Moser, Mirjana ^a   Bressoud, Dominique ^a   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Radiation Protection ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; IRRADIATION; SUN; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036982515     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0664:UESOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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