Evaluation of erythemal UV effective irradiance from UV lamp exposure and the application in shield metal arc welding processing

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-327

  Chang, Cheng Ping ^a   Liu, Hung Hsin ^b   Peng, Chiung Yu ^c   Fang, Hsin Yu ^d   Tsao, Ta Ho ^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, skin; Health effects; Optics; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOMETRY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WELDING;

ERYTHEMA; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WELDING;

EID: 40549131876     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000296281.04496.79     Document Type: Article

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