Protection from visible light by commonly used textiles is not predicted by ultraviolet protection

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-93

  Van Den Keybus, Caroline ^a   Laperre, Jan ^b   Roelandts, Rik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Sci/Tech Ctr Belg Text Indust   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COTTON; FLAX; LIGHT; PHOTODYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEXTILE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLOR; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEXTILES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 29244442658     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.08.059     Document Type: Article

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