Personal solar UV exposure measurements employing modified polysulphone with an extended dynamic range

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-415

  Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Kimlin, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSULFONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; POLYMERS; RADIATION MONITORING; SKIN; SULFONES; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 2942597683     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)79<411:SPSUEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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