Inconstant sun: How solar evolution has affected cosmic and ultraviolet radiation exposure over the history of life on earth

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 322-333

  Karam, P Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation, background; Radiation, cosmic; Radiation, nonionizing; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; COSMIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTRONOMY; BACKGROUND RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037367525     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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