Sun protection offered by fabrics: On the relation between effective doses based on different action spectra

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  Laperre, Jan ^a   Gambichler, T ^b  

^a CENTEXBEL   (Belgium)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Occupational UV exposure; Skin cancer; Sun protection, textile material

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CLOUD; DERMATOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRUM; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TEXTILE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TEXTILES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0038782899     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2003.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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