Laboratory and outdoor assessment of UV protection offered by flax and hemp fabrics dyed with natural dyes

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Grifoni, Daniele ^a   Bacci, Laura ^a   Zipoli, Gaetano ^a   Carreras, Giulia ^a   Baronti, Silvia ^a   Sabatini, Francesco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CANNABIS; COLORING AGENT; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEXTILE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CANNABIS; CLOTHING; COLORING AGENTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; TEXTILES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 58349097006     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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