FDA-sunlamp recommended maximum timer interval and exposure schedule: Consensus ISO/CIE dose equivalence

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Dowdy, John C ^a   Czako, Eugene A ^b   Stepp, Michael E ^c   Schlitt, Steven C ^d   Bender, Gregory R ^e   Khan, Lateef U ^f   Shinneman, Kenneth D ^g   Karos, Manuel G ^h   Shepherd, James G ^i,j   Sayre, Robert M ^a,k  

^a Rapid Precision Testing Laboratories   (United States)

^b Light Sources Inc   (United States)

^c Wolff System Technology Corp   (United States)

^d Cosmedico Light Inc ^*  (United States)

^e ETS LLC   (United States)

^f JK Products and Services   (United States)

^g Heartland Tanning Inc   (United States)

^h Allied Quality Services LLC   (United States)

ⁱ KBD Inc   (United States)

^j UV Foundation   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

dose equivalent; effective dose; radiation nonionizing; regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN; STANDARD; SUNBATHING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; SKIN; SUNBATHING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 80051713762     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182166490     Document Type: Article

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