A critical assessment of two types of personal UV dosimeters

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 215-222

  Seckmeyer, Gunther ^a   Klingebiel, Marcus ^a   Riechelmann, Stefan ^a   Lohse, Insa ^a   McKenzie, Richard L ^b   Ben Liley, J ^b   Allen, Martin W ^c   Siani, Anna Maria ^d   Casale, Giuseppe R ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84855347529     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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