Measurement errors in the assessment of exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and its impact on risk estimates in epidemiological studies

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1161-1168

  Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Barrera Gómez, Jose ^a,b,c   Diffey, Brian ^d   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959853545     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00333f     Document Type: Article

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