Protection against ultraviolet radiation by commercial summer clothing: Need for standardised testing and labelling

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Rotterdam, Sebastian ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EUROPE; LABELING INDEX; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPRING; STANDARDIZATION; SUMMER; TEXTILE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISCOSITY; WOOL; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PACKAGING; STANDARD; SUNBURN;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRODUCT LABELING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 2942595912     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-1-6     Document Type: Article

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