UV exposure of elementary school children in five Japanese cities

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 437-445

  Ono, Masaji ^a   Munakata, Nobuo ^b   Watanabe, Shaw ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; CLIMATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 17444420089     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-09-06-RA-307.1     Document Type: Article

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