Dermatological risk of indoor ultraviolet exposure from contemporary lighting sources

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-51

  Sayre, Robert M ^a,b,c   Dowdy, John C ^b   Poh Fitzpatrick, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Rapid Precision Testing Laboratories   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; LIGHT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MELANOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SCHOOL; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIGHTING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 4644257601     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-02-03-RA-074.1     Document Type: Article

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