Biological UV dosimetry using the DLR-biofilm

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 781-787

  Rettberg, Petra ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; DNA; URACIL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 4644323768     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b315950g     Document Type: Article

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