Individual, Environmental, and Meteorological Predictors of Daily Personal Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Measurements in a United States Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cahoon, Elizabeth Khaykin ^a   Wheeler, David C ^b   Kimlin, Michael G ^c   Kwok, Richard K ^d   Alexander, Bruce H ^e   Little, Mark P ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Freedman, Daryl Michal ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84873543608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054983     Document Type: Article

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