A first approach in measuring, modeling and forecasting the vitamin D effective UV radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6362, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schmalwieser, Alois W ^a   Schauberger, Günther ^a   Grant, William B ^b   Mackin, Steven J ^c   Pope, Stan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b SUNARC   (United States)

^c Solartech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast; Measurements; Model 501; Solarmeter model 6.4; UV radiation; Validation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FORECASTING; TUMORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OSTEOPOROSIS; SOLARMETER MODEL 6.4; VITAMIN D;

VITAMINS;

EID: 33846586024     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.689735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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