Individual solar-UV doses of pupils and undergraduates in China

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 531-537

  Liu, Yang ^a   Ono, Masaji ^b   Yu, Daojun ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Yu, Jiaming ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Individual UV dose; Students; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINTER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SEASONS; STUDENTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33751074403     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500492     Document Type: Article

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