UVR measurement of a UV germicidal lamp

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-250

  Chang, Cheng Ping ^a   Liu, Hung Hsin ^b   Peng, Chiung Yu ^c   Shieh, Jeng Yueh ^d   Lan, Cheng Hang ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Effective dose; Health effects; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; EYE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SPECTRORADIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM;

EYE; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33846951476     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000248124.50985.0a     Document Type: Article

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