Engineering of cotton fabrics for maximizing in vitro ultraviolet radiation protection

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 290-296

  Majumdar, Abhijit ^a   Kothari, Vijay Kumar ^a   Mondal, Achintya Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton fabrics; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet protection factor

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COTTON; HEAT TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YARN;

COTTON FIBER; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78649527506     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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