Influence of high levels of cloud cover on vitamin D effective and erythemal solar UV irradiances

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1855-1859

  Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Turnbull, David J ^a   Downs, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84870027971     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25160d     Document Type: Article

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