UV hazard on Italian Apennines under different shading and ground cover conditions during peak tourist seasons of the year

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-437

  Grifoni, Daniele ^a   Carreras, Giulia ^a,b   Sabatini, Francesco ^a   Zipoli, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b Laboratory for Meteorology and Environmental Modelling (LaMMA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albedo; Shade; Snow; Sun elevation; Tilted surfaces; UV

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; GROUND COVER; IRRADIATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SHADING; SKIN DISORDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; EYE; FORECASTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN; SPRING; SUMMER; SUN; TOURISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ERYTHEMA; EYE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; SKIN; SNOW; SUNBURN; TRAVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845650869     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120601093550     Document Type: Article

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