Short-term UV exposure of sunbathers at a Mediterranean sea site

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-177

  Siani, Anna Maria ^a   Casale, Giuseppe Rocco ^a   Sisto, Renata ^b   Borra, Massimo ^b   Kimlin, Michael G ^c   Lang, Carolyn A ^c   Colosimo, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUNBATHING; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLORIMETRY; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUNBATHING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 58349120511     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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