Understanding the UVA environment at a sub-tropical site and its consequent impact on human UVA exposure

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 478-482

  Kimlin, M G ^a,b   Parisi, A V ^a   Sabburg, J ^a   Downs, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0038751844     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b200844k     Document Type: Article

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