Analysis of compact fluorescent lights for use by patients with photosensitive conditions

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1004-1010

  Klein, Rachel S ^a,b   Werth, Victoria P ^a,b   Dowdy, John C ^c   Sayre, Robert M ^c,d  

^a Philadelphia VA Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Rapid Precision Testing Laboratories   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67650992062     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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