Towards a safe sun-bathing canopy

PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mackay, Christina ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Sun shade; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

COMFORT PERFORMANCE; DESIGN STUDIES; LAMINATED GLASS; SKIN CANCERS; SUN SHADES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS; UV EXPOSURE; UV PROTECTION; WELLINGTON , NEW ZEALAND;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLASS; SWIMMING POOLS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DERMATOLOGY;

EID: 84855606985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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