A proposed methodology to estimate the cumulative life-time UVB exposure using geographic information systems: An application to multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Schuurman, N ^a   Amram, O ^a   Saeedi, J ^b   Rieckmann, P ^c   Yee, I ^d   Tremlett, H ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Sozialstiftung Bamberg Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Methodological study; Multiple sclerosis; NASA Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer; Ultraviolet B exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84866736055     PISSN: 22110348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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